Official Documents and Certificates

Various historical official documents and certificates, showcasing governance, awards, and legalities through printed materials.

Hollandsch Passport, H. Ormèl, 1806 - 1810  Dutch passport. Rectangular cream-colored cloth printed in black. Within a frame, consisting of different line decorations, is the text of the passport. The four corners of the frame consist of a square in which, within a jet wreath, the letters L N. The names of the designer and more danger are resp. L.O. and r.o. Next to the corner points. On the left next to the frame is the title and name of Lodewijk Napoleon (see further: inscription). The edges of the passport are hit with double hem and embroidered with a flannel stitch in the green side. Crossed twigs have been applied in the corners, also in the green side. There are small round holes on both sides of the twigs (remaining old mounting). At the top right of the frame is a black label, from which the middle part is torn (old number). Rotterdam whole: Silk printing / embroidering  Netherlands
Hollandsch Passport, H. Ormèl, 1806 - 1810 Dutch passport. Rectangular cream-colored cloth printed in black. Within a frame, consisting of different line decorations, is the text of the passport. The four corners of the frame consist of a square in which, within a jet wreath, the letters L N. The names of the designer and more danger are resp. L.O. and r.o. Next to the corner points. On the left next to the frame is the title and name of Lodewijk Napoleon (see further: inscription). The edges of the passport are hit with double hem and embroidered with a flannel stitch in the green side. Crossed twigs have been applied in the corners, also in the green side. There are small round holes on both sides of the twigs (remaining old mounting). At the top right of the frame is a black label, from which the middle part is torn (old number). Rotterdam whole: Silk printing / embroidering Netherlands