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A Prussian 1870-71 Honour Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies

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A Prussian 1870-71 Honour Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies

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A Prussian 1870-71 Honour Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies

In 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 für Frauen und Jungfrauen) was created on March 22, 1871 by Kaiser Wilhelm I, German Emperor, in his capacity as King of Prussia. The award was presented only to women, but was not a Ladies Order in the most narrow sense. Women and girls were awarded at the request of Empress Augusta, and the award was bestowed by the Kaiser.