Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Red Eagle, I Class Breast Star, C. 1870 GTRexclude Towards the edge of the

Towards the edge of the cap is also a warm brown perforated leather sweatband that has separated from the cap on the front half of the cap

two-piece insignia in silver gilt with blue and white enamels

The blade presents plain with the exception of a partially-legible acid-etched maker’s mark on the reverse ricasso for the Štós-based firm of Wlaszlovits

(Grubenwehrwesen Abzeichen)

with a single suspension hole

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Red Eagle, I Class Breast Star, C. 1870 GTRexclude Towards the edge of the(Roter Adler Orden, Bruststern zum I. Klasse). Instituted 12 June 1792 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1861 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted red Hohenzollern imperial eagle executed in exceptional detail, set within a ring of white enamel bearing a gilt inscription of SINCERE ET CONSTANTER