Original Dutch Belgian Revolution Oil Painting Portrait of Public Hero Jan van Speyk in Original Frame - c. 1830 - 37¼ x 44⅝” P-1853 Enfield The leather liner is in

The leather liner is in  good condition with only small signs of age and dryness

Awarded to troops east of a north-south line drawn through Silverton Siding and north of an east-west line drawn through Vlakfontein in the South African Republic

On the tang this is written as 備後 土生 住 串野 亀吉 作 - BINGO HABU JU KUSHINO KAMEYOSHI SAKU

The situation was not improved by an incident at the end of March

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Original Dutch Belgian Revolution Oil Painting Portrait of Public Hero Jan van Speyk in Original Frame - c. 1830 - 37¼ x 44⅝” P-1853 Enfield The leather liner is inOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk (31 January 1802 5 February 1831) was a Royal Netherlands Navy officer who became a public hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. When the Belgian Revolution began, Van Speyk was given command of Gunboat No. 2. Van Speyk despised the Belgian independence movement, and he said he would rather die "than become an infamous Brabander". Born in Amsterdam in 1802, Van