Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, II Class Cross with Swords, by Johann Wagner & Sohn c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a central mobile swastika

with a central mobile swastika set within a pebbled ring

marked "800" (silver) and maker marked "M

French-made

this award is numbered and therefore dates to the 1870 conflict and corresponds to the entries in Geihslinger Soldbuch

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, II Class Cross with Swords, by Johann Wagner & Sohn c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a central mobile swastika(Kniglicher Kronen Orden Kreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 18 October 1861 by King Wilhelm. (1869 1916 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms trimmed with gilt borders and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse overlaid by a central gilt medallion bearing a royal crown, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of GOTT