Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, III Class Cross in Gold, by Wagner Archive breast badge in silver

breast badge in silver

on original silk Austrian 'tri-fold' ribbon

measuring 21 cm (w) x 26

the obverse centre presents the national emblem surmounting a column with five Olympic rings

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, III Class Cross in Gold, by Wagner Archive breast badge in silver(Kniglicher Kronen Orden). Instituted October 18th, 1861. (Type II 1867 1918). c. 1916. In Gold, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enamelled arms, the obverse bearing a central medallion overlaid by a raised crown, situated within a blue enamelled ring bearing the inscription GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) and arabesques, the reverse bearing a central medallion overlaid by a raised monogram of King Wilhelm I, situated within a blue enamelled ring