Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds Apex rubber dating to the 1960s

dating to the 1960s

Pretty decorative patterns along every edge

which looks to me as if pretty subtly grain painted

I am guessing they are quite old

Really fun

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds Apex rubber dating to the 1960sI would like to live in a world where handing out lovely rewards of merit for punctuality and good conduct and the like were de rigueur and so I try to to pick up particularly nice examples when I come across them! I like these two as a pair for the array of birds represented an owl and what looks to me like some bird of a prey on the top one, and an eagle on the other. Both hand colored, both dating to the mid 19th c I believe, and both presented