Awards of Germany - Order of the Red Eagle Breast Star 1st Class 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 Since 1854, the crimson color of the eagle in the medallion has been replaced by scarlet.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 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 breast star with eight rays. A round gold medallion is placed on the obverse. Back side with round lining and perpendicular pin.

Front side:

• Medallion with a 2 times larger border. At a distance of the 2nd raised ring.
• The intermediate space is covered with white enamel with a gold inscription:
• - SINCERE - ET - CONSTANTER - 2 tied green laurel branches from below.
• In the included field of the 2nd ring on a white enameled background,
• red eagle with Hohenzoll breast shield
• On the head is a golden Prussian royal crown, between the catches is a green laurel wreath

Downside:

• Smooth and silvery, the needle is gilded.

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