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Vintage Vaduz Liechenstein Travel Souvenir Pennant Vaduz Castle and Coat of Arms
$ 8.44
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Vintage Vaduz Liechenstein Souvenir Pennant with Vaduz Castle and Coat of Arms imprinted in color on white satin background. Length 7.75" (19.68 cm) Width at top 4.75" (~12 cm)What an odd thing to discover amongst a box-load of souvenirs from years of travel. The pennant still has the original tag with FR 4.--. In researching when these types of penants were popular in this part of Europe, it could be from the 1950's, and given who the original owner was, it fits with the grand-tour of Europe he took when in his 20's.
It's in amazing condition but the cord for hanging the pennant is frayed at the ends. The stitching at the bottom of the pennant, on the Coat of Arms side, was not done perfectly, which seems to be original to the item.
It is imprinted in color with a view of the Vaduz Castle on one side and the Coat of Arms of
Liechenstein on the other.
And now, here comes my favorite part of listing these unusual finds. According to a much used, on-line source for information* this is how the Coat of Arms is described :
In the top left-hand corner is "an eagle displayed Sable crowned and armed Or charged with a
crescent
treflée,
issuing from the middle thereof a cross pattée Argent (
Silesia
)"
; top right "
barry of eight Or and Sable, a crown of rue bendways throughout Vert (Kuenring); bottom left "per pale Gules and Argent (
Duchy of Troppau
); bottom right, "a
harpy
displayed Sable the human parts Argent crowned and armed Or (
Cirksena
); on a point entée Azure, a
bugle-horn
stringed Or (
Duchy of Jägerndorf
); en surtout, an inescutcheon per fess or and Gules (
House of Liechtenstein
)" Around this, "
a Princely mantle
Purpure
lined ermine, ensigned with the Princely hat"
*
Wikipedia
I'm wildly curious about who will purchase this. Please contact me with any questions or if you have anymore information on this little treasure and happy
eBaying
!