Prussia, State. A Red Eagle Order, Grand Cross Star, C.1900 Archive with aluminum cord and slider

with aluminum cord and slider

Commanding Officers

Buffer pad has been lost to time

After almost six months

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted on October 18

Prussia, State. A Red Eagle Order, Grand Cross Star, C.1900 Archive with aluminum cord and slider(Preuische Rote Adlerorden, Bruststern zum Grokreuz). Issued 1861 1918. An eight pointed rayed star constructed of silver gilt; the obverse with a central white enameled field depicting an enameled Brandenburg crowned eagle, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed SINCERE ET CONSTANTER (Latin Sincere and resistant); the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback and a functional hinge catch assembly; stamped twice with a French import mark in