Distinction

This honourable distinction is made out of feather light material. The gold foil is so thin and fragile that we didn’t dare to unwrap it completely: one slight breeze of wind is enough to ruin the piece. Although this decoration is made of noble gold, and is composed of a coat of arms flanked by two Dutch lions, it is merely varnish. When one would try to decorate someone with it, it would immediately fall apart. Isn’t there a better symbol for the transience of success and fame?

_{Photography: Tom Haartsen}