Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II visually-hidden the twelve o’clock arm riveted

the twelve o’clock arm riveted with a crossed sword clasp and hollow crown suspension with a loop retaining a period original ribbon

a pin shaped like a helmet

maker marked “Fritz Mannheim Gmbh

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Accompanied by the matching star of the order

Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II visually-hidden the twelve o’clock arm riveted(Ehrenkreuz fr Offiziere der Linie 1814). Instituted 22 October 1814 by Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss Greiz. (1814 1815 issue). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central oval medallion circumscribing an inscription of DEUTSCHLAND (GERMANY), the three, nine, and twelve oclock arms bearing the monograms of Emperor Franz I of Austria, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III