Prussia, Kingdom. A House Order of Hohenzollern, Member’s Cross with Crown, by Wagner & Sohn, c.1918

(Hausorden von Hohenzollern, Kreuz der Inhaber). Instituted 5 December 1841 by Prince Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. (1861-1918 issue). Manufactured for a medalbar, likely between 1925-1940, in silver, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with pebbled and black enameled arms, the quadrants of the cross with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a black Hohenzollern eagle, surrounded by a ring of blue enamel with a silver inscription of “VOM FELS ZUM MEER” (“FROM THE CLIFFS TO THE SEA”) with green laurel branches, the reverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a monogram of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV, surrounded by a blue enameled ring with a silver inscription of “DEN 18. JANUAR 1851” with green laurel and oak branches, the twelve o’clock arm with a hollow silver crown suspension apparatus connecting to a period original ribbon, the six o’clock arm maker marked “W” for Wagner & Sohn, Berlin, measuring 38.44 mm (w) x 57.55 mm (h), weighing 20.3 grams (inclusive of ribbon), minor flecking of enamels evident, with crown having been set in a fixed position, otherwise near very fine.

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