Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, Civil Division, II Class Cross by Johann Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse with a leftward-facing

the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig

the Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland

the obverse stamped with “Ausb

The body is completed by a black lacquered vulcanfibre visor extended outward in a downward slope

with a central raised anchor overlaid by crossed swords on a pebbled background

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Red Eagle, Civil Division, II Class Cross by Johann Wagner & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the obverse with a leftward-facing(Roter Adler Orden, Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 12 June 1792 by King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1864 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted and multi coloured Prussian imperial eagle, topped by a crown, defaced by a Hohenzollern coat of arms, and clutching a laurel wreath, the reverse