From August Moltke1    23 April 1863

Efter allerhóiest Befaling udfaerdiget i

Hs. Kongelige Majestaets

Ordenscancellie.

 

Undertegnede Cantsler for Hs. Kongelige Majestaets Ridderordener gjór herved vitterligt: at det allernaadigst har behaget Hs. Majestaet ved allerhóiest Rescript af 17de April 1863 at udnaevne Herr Dr. F. Müller, Directeur for den botaniske Have i Melbourne, til Ridder af Dannebrogsordenens 3die Klasse. —

 

Kiöbenhavn, den 23de April 1863.2

A. W. Moltke

 
 
 

By the Highest order issued by

His Royal Majesty's

Chancellery of Orders.

 

The undersigned Chancellor of His Royal Chancellery of Knightly Orders does herewith notify: that His Majesty has most graciously with the highest Rescript of 17 April 1863 deigned to appoint Herr Dr. F. Müller, Director to the Botanic Garden in Melbourne, to a Knight of the Dannebrog Order, 3rd class. —

Copenhagen, 23 April 1863.

A. W. Moltke.

 
1
Decorative letterhead with inscription 'MAGNUM CAP: ORD: | S. R. DANI E.M.. SIGILLUM'. MS envelope 'Til | Herr Dr. F. Müller, | Directeur for den botaniske Have i Melbourne, | Ridder of Dannebrogsordenen' [To Dr F. Muller, Director of the botanic Garden in Melbourne, Knight of the Dannebrog Order], closed with seal.
2
In Melbourne a brief announcement that M had received this award was published in Germania, 16 July 1863.

Please cite as “FVM-63-04-23,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-04-23