Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, IV Class Cross GTRexclude Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)

Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)

Soon after the Italian military units surrendered to the Germans as the flight of Italian King Victor Emmanuel III from Rome had made further resistance senseless

in Gothic style script “Geschwader Boelcke”

named to Schier as a Gefreiter

The rear of the busby features a lion's head insignia with hook

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, IV Class Cross GTRexclude Medal in silvered steel (magnetic)(Roter Adler Orden Kreuz IV. Klasse). Instituted 12 June 1792 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1864 1918). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a hand painted Prussian imperial eagle, the reverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm II, unmarked, measuring 38. 72 mm (w) x 42.