Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Officer’s Breast Star, C.1880 Newly Listed Army Officer Visor Wreath and

Army Officer Visor Wreath and Cap Eagle - Eagle and oakleaf wreath in stamped aluminum

superimposed gold and enameled cross

Arthus Bertrand maker mark on the pin

measuring 38 mm x 30 mm

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Officer’s Breast Star, C.1880 Newly Listed Army Officer Visor Wreath and(Brustkreuz des Johanniter Ordens Balley Brandenburg). Instituted in 1852 by King Frederick William III of Prussia in the typical style of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg, the Protestant branch of the Johanniterorden (Johanniter Order). A silver Maltese cross with a lightly pebbled obverse, the reverse with reinforcements to the cross but otherwise plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a broad wire catch, unmarked, measuring 53