Eresabel with scabbard from H. Colijn, Eresabel awarded on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina to the then 1st Lieutenant of the Infantry KNIL H. Colijn. The saber has a silver hilt whose baffle plate is decorated with floral motifs. The ivory handle is wrapped with twisted silver thread and a handle cap that ends in a hilt knob in the shape of a crowned lion's head. A dragon or sable brush hangs from the hilt. The blade is partly blued and etched in relief with the text Queen Wilhelmina for shown prowess // 1st Lieutenant of the Infantry H. Colyn. Aceh, June-December 1899. The sheath is made of German

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