Awards of Germany - Order of the Red Eagle Cross 4th class (1861-1918)
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 1830, the 4th grade was first introduced. Only in 1846 the medallion was enameled in the 4th grade. Since 1854, the crimson color of the eagle in the medallion has been replaced by scarlet. 4th class received fine-grained cruciform arms around 1885. 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.
Silver cross. Cross arms with smooth, polished edges. The insides are finely indented. Front side with an applied enameled medallion. Reverse medallion without enamel. Above is a soldered convex eye through which the band ring passes. Manufacturer's designations are located between the cross arms or on the face of the lower cross arm.
Front side:
- Silver round medallion with raised centrally recessed border.
Enamel - painting in a closed field on a white background
In the - center is a red eagle with a hohenzoll chest shield bordered by gold
- Above it is a golden Prussian royal crown, and between the legs is a green laurel wreath.
Downside:
- Silver round medallion with raised centrally recessed border.
In the - center - winding letters - F - W -, above them the Prussian royal crown
Tape:
- white 30 mm wide, white edges 2 mm, side stripes orange 6 mm each.
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Obverse: Order of the Red Eagle Cross 4th class (1861-1918)
Reverse: Order of the Red Eagle Cross 4th class (1861-1918)
Established:
June 12, 1792 by King Frederick William II.
January 18, 1830 by King Frederick William III. Foundation of the 4th class
Data:
- Material: silver/partially enameled
- Size: 38.4 x 42.0 mm
- Weight: 18.2g
estimated collector price:
300 – 340 €
Awards of World War II