Crown & Swords: Prussian Gold 11

Again, for the Prussian Hohenzollern House Order 3rd Class with Swords on combatant War Ribbon.

For non-Imperial collectors, this may be starting to get boring, with so many variations of the "same" device. But this was the highest Prussian award for officers to be worn on ribbon bars and is often the key to making an identification of an anonymous bar. It was the equivalent of the German Cross in Gold in WW1.

This particular one s attached with extra threads on all four sides of the blades-- apparently its original wearer had already had poor experience with a previous ribbon bar with only the prongs bent under the ribbon and on top of the bar that was common in this early period!


Courtesy of Deruelle.