Reuss, County. A Princely Honour Cross In Gold, I Class, C.1910 Buy Now hand embroidered in flat wire

hand embroidered in flat wire on brown wool

measuring 38 mm x 29 mm

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Footnote: 1795 examples of this Civil Service Order Knight’s Cross Second Class with Swords awarded

Reuss, County. A Princely Honour Cross In Gold, I Class, C.1910 Buy Now hand embroidered in flat wire(Frstrlich Reuisches Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse). Issued 1869 1918. A Gold Maltese cross with silver rays coming from the center of the cross; the obverse with a red enameled central medallion depicting a gold crowned coat of arms of Reuss, surrounded by a gold ring; the reverse with a black enameled central medallion depicting a gold crowned royal cipher of Heinrich, surrounded by a gold ring; on a loop for suspension from its shortened period original