Particular class of the Prussian Red Eagle Order

[Lukasz Gaszewski]

Hello! This time I am looking for information regarding a special class of the Prussian Red Eagle Order. It is occasionally seen as a neck decoration on some early post-Napoleonic portraits. I have been lucky to find the preserved items that used to belong to Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (today in the collections of the Musée de la Légion d’honneur - sorry, no better resolution). Still, practically no information about this particular class is available. It seems it also served as a model for the class of the Grand Cross in 1861. If somebody could supply information of when exactly this class was added to the order, what its official name is and who it was intended for, I would owe a lot. A better quality photo would be great, too. Thanks.

[Daniel Krause]

That is the so called Grosser Roter Adlerorden, awarded between 1792 and 1810, before the Order was split up in 3 classes and got his final shape.

 

Best

Daniel

[Lukasz Gaszewski]

Thank you, Daniel, a most valuable information. I think the RAO Grand Cross of 1861 was based on just that model. Now I am trying to find its photo/picture of a fairly good quality, which is not easy. It seems that that model is extremely rare now.

 

Best,

Lukasz

[JapanX]

2 hours ago, Lukasz Gaszewski said:

 Now I am trying to find its photo/picture of a fairly good quality, which is not easy. 

 

https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st-class-st-george-breast-star-and-other-awards-of-field-marshal-generalissimo-alexander-suvorov.23606/

[Lukasz Gaszewski]

Absolutely stunning! Thaks a lot!

 

I did not realize the obverse and reverse looked the same.

Edited February 19, 2022 by Lukasz Gaszewski

[JapanX]

Nie ma sprawy.

 

On 18/02/2022 at 12:51, Lukasz Gaszewski said:

I have been lucky to find the preserved items that used to belong to Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (today in the collections of the Musée de la Légion d’honneur - sorry, no better resolution).  

 

 

Regarding Duke's Red Eagles see https://asiamedals.info/threads/prussian-order-of-red-eagle-and-other-awards-of-jean-jacques-regis-de-cambaceres-duke-of-parma.23894/