Plaque of royal order of Westphalia

Jerome, the Emperor's favorite brother, the one to whom he forgave everything, received the title of king of Westphalia, a kingdom made for him, from various territories of what would constitute the future Germany.
He quickly wants to create his own royal order, like his brother created the Legion of Honor.
A first project was born, his brother examined it and said: “There are too many animals in that order!
Jérome slightly modifies the project, still full of "beasts", and obtains the approval of his imperial brother on April 25, 1810.
The order disappeared with the kingdom, 3 years later.
The originals of this decoration are therefore extremely rare, the plaques which were only attributed to high dignitaries almost impossible to find.
Today we offer you a very good quality copy of carvings, a real piece of jewelry, of which we only have one copy.
Diameter 9 cm.