The Royal Order of the Red Eagle was established from the princely Brandenburg Order of the Red Eagle. On June 12, 1792, King Frederick William II confirmed. (Great) this order as a royal award. The changes affected 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 award, the following changes were 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 1830, the 4th grade was first introduced. Only in 1846 the medallion was enameled in the 4th 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. There are also crosses with polished edges of crosses or, as is known here, with 3 lines. Since 1854, the crimson color of the eagle in the medallion has been replaced by scarlet. The 4th class with fine-grained cross-shaped levers was introduced in 1885. Additional extensions of the order were swords for military merit, a crown, jubilee numbers, and the upper classes had 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 a Johannite cross. Source: J. Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, vol. II, 1997.
Silver cross. The edges of the cruciform shoulders are bordered by 3 thin lines. The inner sides of the crosses are smooth. Front and back with round middle shields worn. Above is a soldered ordinary eye with a ribbon ring.
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Obverse: Order of the Red Eagle 4th class (1846-1885)
Order of the Red Eagle 4th degree (1846-1885)
Awards of World War II