Awards of Germany - Order of the Red Eagle 1st degree 1854-1918

The Royal Order of the Red Eagle originated from the highest Brandenburg Order of the Red Eagle. On June 12, 1792, King Frederick William II confirmed. (Great) this order as a royal award. As changes, he introduced the Prussian royal crown, instead of the princely crown, and the letters F-W-R (Friedrich, Wilhelm, Rex, that is, the king) on the reverse. During the existence of the award, many changes have been made. In 1810, the order was established by King Frederick William III. expanded to the 2nd and 3rd grade and presented oak leaves for the 1st and 2nd grade. In 1848, swords were established for military merit. In the period from 1848 to 1854, orders with a purple eagle and a raspberry eagle met in the medallion. Since 1854, the crimson color of the eagle in the medallion has been replaced by scarlet. Additional extensions of the order were swords for military merit, a loop to the 3rd class, a crown, anniversary numbers, and the upper classes have oak leaves, a crown and a scepter, a bandeau to the order of the crown, a chest star and a large cross with a chain, as well as an Johannite cross. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, vol. II, 1997.

The cross is made of gold. The cross hand is golden burgundy and enameled. Front and back with enameled round middle shield worn. Above is a soldered transversely standing eye with a double elongated ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Gold medallion with raised border. In the center on a white background is a red eagle with a hohenzoll chest shield
• On the head is a golden Prussian royal crown, between the catches is a green laurel wreath

Downside:

• Gold round medallion with raised border. On a white background, rough letters - F - W -.
• Golden Prussian royal crown. Crown and letters with fine puncture.

Tape:

• The strap/shoulder strap is white 112 mm wide, the white edges are 7 mm, the side stripes are orange 22 mm each.

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