Awards of Germany - Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern Cross of Knights

Under a state treaty of December 7, 1848, King Frederick William IV on January 18, 1851, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the coronation of Frederick I, the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern was established. The motto of the order was Hohenzoller's motto "From Rock to Sea." The princely order of the Hohenzollern house that existed since 1841 was adopted as a royal order. However, it was found that the Hohenzollern House Order falls into 2 orders. Royal and princely house orders, each of which existed and could exist separately and independently of each other. The order was divided into 2 detachments of crosses and eagles. Crosses were divided into gross komtur, komtur and knight. The Eagles also split into these classes. Extensions were the star for Grosscomture and Comture in 1861. In the war of 1864, swords were donated.
In 1867 he was awarded the Order with the John Cross. Civil awarding of the Knight's Cross is relatively rare compared to the Knight's Cross with swords, as many sword decorations were awarded during World War I.

Gold or silver gilded cross with rounded cross ends. The cross-shaped shoulders are enameled white with a black rim located at a distance from each other. A round medallion is placed in the center in front and behind. Between the cross sleeves with a small gap is a green enameled wreath, on the left of the laurel on the right of oak leaves. On the upper cruciform shoulder, a gilded Prussian royal crown is movably attached, on the reverse side of which a wide cruciform tape eye is installed.

Front side:

• Gilded medallion with a wide blue enameled rim. On it is a golden letter:
• - FROM - ROCK - TO - SEA - bottom 2 tied green enameled laurel branches.
In
• a surrounded field, on a white background, a black enameled Prussian eagle with a Hohenzoller chest shield
• Crown, scepter and, imperial apple.

Downside:

• Gilded medallion with a wide blue enameled rim. On it is a golden letter:
• - DEN - 18 - JANUARY - 1851 - bottom 2 tied green enameled laurel branches
In
• a surrounded field on a white background, golden winding letters - F - R - W -
• Above it is a golden crown.

Tape:

white 30 mm wide, white edges 1.5 mm, side stripes black 4 mm each, black central stripes 3 mm.