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.2
Given under my Hand at Melbourne, this 29th day of September 1879
Ferd. von Mueller
Witness J. G. Luehmann
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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-09-29d