A wax seal of the last king of Hanover, sold by Delta 98 Den Haag

a wonderful research on a collection of wax seals 

started with this seal with two coats of arms:

 all seem to be related to families from 

Hanover, Saxony, Braunschweig, Altenburg and more

conjugal arms are those that show the separate shields 

of a husband and wife, side by side

the male arms – here at the viewer’s left – are of: 

George V, King of Hanover 

Georg V Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August, 

also known as: Welf / Guelph,

König von Hannover (1819-1878)

Main shield: quartered

- Field 1: in red three facing, striding lions / leopards, one above the other / Gules three lions passant, guardant in pale – for England

- Field 2: in gold, within a twin inner border / a double tressure, a lion rampant - for Scotland

- Field 3: in blue a harp / Azure a harp – for Ireland

- Field 4: (as 1) in red three facing, striding lions / leopards, one above the other / Gules three lions passant, guardant in pale – for England 

Central / heart shield / inescutcheon: with a bent tip split / divided in a goepel cut

- Field 1: in red two striding lions / leopards one above the other - for Brunswick / Braunschweig

- Field 2: in a golden field a lion rampant - for Lüneburg

- Field 3: in red a jumping horse, the Welfenroß or Sachsenroß / Guelfen pferd 

Here not visible: heart shield of Arch-Treasurer's Office, an imperial crown, so-called crown of Charlemagne.

 Supporter (here at the viewer’s left): the lion rampant and guardant of the Hanover arms

 the female arms – here at the viewer’s right – of:

Marie Princess of Saxe-Altenburg 

Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline ElisabethFriederike Georgine, Prinzessen von Sachsen - Altenburg (1818-1907)

Main shield: quartered

- Field 1: the arms of the County of Altenburg, that became a possession of the Wettin family in 1328 - in silver / Argent, a heraldic rose of red / Gules, seeded gold / Or and barbed green / Vert

- Field 2: the arms of Eisenberg Estate, an area ruled by a different branch of the Wettin family, the Lords of Sachsen-Eisenberg, but still belonged to Sachsen-Gotha (- Altenburg), of silver / Argent with three blue / Azure bars

- Field 3: the arms of the County Orlamunde, that became a possession of the family in 1344 - of gold / Or with a lion rampant, surrounded by hearts / water-lily leaves

- Field 4: the arms of the Estate of Pleissen, originally a much larger territory of which the County of Altenburg was a part, it became in possession of the Wettin family in 1328 - in blue / Azure a lion rampant of gold / Or and silver / Argent

Central / heart shield / inescutcheon:

tenfold horizontally partitioned / Berry of ten, a field of black / Sable and gold / Or stripes, charged with a green / Vert stylized common rue / Crancelin in bend, for Sachsen / Saxony

Supporter (here at vieuwer's right): a lion rampant and guardant, holding a guidon / flag of the Sachsen-Altenburg arms

and a wafer seal tool:

with the royal monogram of King Georg V of Hanover:

 and a wax seal with double matrix of 

the family Hoya, also documented as:

Von Hoya -  Van der Hoeij - Hoij - Hoy - Hooij - tot Heije - de Huy - Van Hoye de Huy - Hoya Hoei de Huy - Van Hoei - Van Hoey:

an article about the research on this Hoya seal will follow on a later date

and a so called swivel - a rotating wax seal, here with triple matrix

with the Sachsenross:

an article about the research on this seal will follow on a later date

 and what to think about this intaglia seal with inscription:

could it be one of these gentlemen ?

and a mirrored monogram seal, with letters we read as J S:

text: Marx Warmerdam

collection: Delta 98 Den Haag