Covenant for the Restoration of the Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
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I hereby covenant and promise that in case I should hereafter be promoted or cease to hold my Rank and Place in this Most Distinguished Order, I will forwith restore to the Secretary all the Insignia thereof which I have now received from the said Secretary, and I further promise that I will, without delay, make provision for the due restoration of the said Insignia by my personal Representatives in case I shall continue a member of this Most Distinguished Order until the period of my decease.1
Given under my Hand at Melbourne, this 29th day of September 1879
Ferd. von Mueller
Witness J. G. Luehmann
In his Last Will and Testament (M to the Executors of Mueller's Estate,17 June 1884), M requested his executors to 'return through his Excellency the Governor my decoration of K.C.M.G. to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies'. M's executors may not have fulfilled the request: M's reputed KCMG regalia are listed in the catalogue of the State Library of NSW, Sydney, as part of the Sir William Dixson medal collection: star DN/M 1284, and badge DN/M 1285. However, an expected provenance note could not be found when requested in 2016.
The Covenant form to be completed was enclosed in R. Herbert to M, 30 June 1879 (in this edition as 79-06-30a); M inserted 'Melbourne', '29th' and 'September', and he and Georg Luehman signed their names. It was returned with M to R. Herbert, 29 September 1879 (in this edition as 79-09-29b).
Please cite as “FVM-79-09-29d,” 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