Awards of Germany - Order of the Red Eagle 4th degree with swords (1848-1861)

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. 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 Since 1854, the crimson color of the eagle in the medallion has been replaced by scarlet.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 grade received fine-grained cruciform arms from 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. The edges of the cruciform shoulders are bordered by 3 thin lines. The inner sides of the crosses are smooth. Laid round medallions on both sides. Through the middle are crossed 2 golden swords. On top is a soldered ordinary eye for a ribbon ring.

Front side:

• Silver medallion with increased graduated border.
In the interior
• field painting enamel. In the center is a red eagle with a hohenzoll chest shield.
• Above it is a golden Prussian royal crown, including a green laurel wreath between catches

Downside:

• Silver central shield with increased stepped border.
In
• a surrounded field, rough letters - F - W -, above them the Prussian royal crown
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Tape:

• black ribbon 30 mm wide, edges 2 mm, white side strips 5 mm

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Obverse: Order of the Red Eagle 4th class with swords (1848-1861)

Reverse: Order of the Red Eagle 4th class with swords (1848-1861)

Established:

June 12, 1792 by King Frederick William II.
January 18, 1830 by King Frederick William III. Foundation of the 4th class
1848 - Sword Foundation

Awarded:

1848 – 1861

Data:

• Material: silver, gold, partially enameled
• Size: 37mm, swords 44mm
• Weight: 14g

estimated collector price:

1700 – 1850 €

OEK Number:

1703