Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Knight Of Honour Cross In Gold Hold 14 mm x 25

14 mm x 25

in (18Kt) Gold and enamels

although his medical records do not indicate as to exactly why that is

shows a horizontal slender banjo-style pinback

Whilst carrying out this task he was exposed to the effects of the shell gas

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. John, Knight Of Honour Cross In Gold Hold 14 mm x 25(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 23 May 1812 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of Gold with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms set within a Gold frame, joined together through the quadrants by crowned and black painted Prussian angles with the Gold base visible through the heads, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension