Royalty
BAPTISM OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR
CHRISTIAN VICTOR
(Albert Louis Ernest Anthony, 1867-1900, Prince of Schleswig Holstein, son of Prince & Princess Christian, Killed at Pretoria)
Exceptional printed hymn sheet for the Prince's baptism,
with the text in blue, an exceptional Lion & Unicorn crest at the head in gold, silver, red and blue and intertwined initials in red and in gold and white, the two hymns start In life's gay morn, ere sprightly youth and Offering here obedience willing, 1 side 4to with conjugate blank, the whole is printed within an impressed lacey border with a design of roses and leaves, Windsor Castle, 21st May
Item Date: 1867
Background
Having survived the Ashanti campaign in South Africa the prince succumbed to enteric fever in October 1900.
Stock No. 18029