webr55 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) Came across this impressive photo of Samuel Morse, taken apparently between 1865 and 1872, showing a Danebrog, Legion of Honor, Mauritius Lazarus, and others, could not ID them all: Edited May 24, 2009 by webr55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 What exactly is that breast star? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 According to his The New York Times obiturary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar (English: Order of Glory) [first medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals], set in diamonds, from the Sultan Ahmad I ibn Mustafa of Turkey, a golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit from the King of Prussia (1851); the Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences from the King of W?rttemberg (1852); and the Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts from Emperor of Austria (1855); a cross of Chevalier in the L?gion d'honneur from the Emperor of France; the Cross of a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog from the King of Denmark (1856); the Cross of Knight Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this [united States] and other countries. Other awards include Order of the Tower and Sword from the kingdom of Portugal (1860); and Italy conferred on him the insignia of chevalier of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in 1864http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr General Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 What exactly is that breast star?Order of Isabella the Catholic from Spain, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 See also this thread: Morse/Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Ah ok, I was unaware of that old thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webr55 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 Much nicer in color: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Hi, just spotted this thread, nice colourization. Just for fun, here's my version i did quite a while ago Edited April 26, 2022 by Alex K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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