A Prussian 1870-71 Honour Cross For Ladies & Young Ladies Auction Archive except much smaller

except much smaller

eyelets on the uppers exhibit surface rust

Silver Grade 1st Class - Karl I

mounted in a large wooden shield

which is still intact to the turn of the bilge (the point where the ship's walls join the bottom) measures 40

A Prussian 1870-71 Honour Cross For Ladies & Young Ladies Auction Archive except much smallerIn silver with red, with beautiful and completely intacted white and black enamels, obverse illustrating a red cross, reverse illustrating the royal crown above the intertwined monograms "A" and "W" (Empress Augusta and Kaiser Wilhelm I), with the dates "1870 1871" below, 32. 5 mm, on an original bow tied ladies ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross of Merit for Women and Girls (Ehrenkreuz fr Frauen und Jungfrauen) was created on