Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare and Superb Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross in Gold by Humbert & Sohn, from the Karsten Klingbeil Collection Auction and Victory Medal (440707 PTE

and Victory Medal (440707 PTE

Both sashes with a large knot (acorn) at either end

the exterior bearing a ribbed field overlaid by an Arditi-style skull and crossbones

inscribed "William Howard Taft / President of the United States of America

chip in the purple enamel on the right side of the heart

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare and Superb Order of the Red Eagle, Grand Cross in Gold by Humbert & Sohn, from the Karsten Klingbeil Collection Auction and Victory Medal (440707 PTE(Roter Adler Orden Grokreuz in Gold). Instituted 12 June 1792 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1861 1918 issue). A rare and striking example of a Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms situated within a Gold frame, with each arm joined through the quadrants by double sided Gold Brandenburg style Prussian imperial eagles, with details executed