Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Buy Now 5 mm (w) x 108

5 mm (w) x 108 mm (h) x 22 mm (d)

Finnish coat-of-arms in gold-coloured ink on the lid

Measuring 92 mm (w) x 143 mm (h)

in the form of a large eagle with spread wings standing on an open ended oak wreath

the reverse inscribed “Verdienst im Kriege” (German - Merit at War)

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Buy Now 5 mm (w) x 108(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 15 October 1852 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by blackened Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension perforated with an eyelet, the latter