Prussia, Kingdom. An Alsen Cross, C.1864 Hold 58mm x 58mm

58mm x 58mm

An Order of Merit by Steinhauer & Lück

the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting flat wire catch

A Second War American Purple Heart Medal Group - Purple Heart (FRANK C

and is stamped “104” and is numbered “244800” in black ink

Prussia, Kingdom. An Alsen Cross, C.1864 Hold 58mm x 58mm(Alsen Kreuz). Instituted 7 December 1864 by King Wilhelm I. (1864 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central Hohenzollern eagle above a ship, the arms with an inscription of ALSEN 29. JUNI 1864, the reverse with a central leftward facing profile of King Wilhelm I, circumscribed by name and title, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked,