Albania, Principality. A Rare Order of the Black Eagle, Grand Cross Set certificate_of_authenticity obverse depicting a national eagle

obverse depicting a national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

For years Captain Reed helped to organize civic and military parades in Chicago and for organizing in forty-right hours a large McKinley memorial parade in 1901 the Common Council of Chicago gave him a vote of thanks

London Gazette 23 February 1918

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depicted in a British uniform with decorations

Albania, Principality. A Rare Order of the Black Eagle, Grand Cross Set certificate_of_authenticity obverse depicting a national eagleInstituted March 26, 1914 by Prince Wilhelm Weid of Albania. A very rare Order, the Sash badge in silver, with eight white enamelled arms with crisp silver flattened finials at each tip, three small rays in the knee of each arm, the obverse medallion featuring a handpainted double headed black eagle on a red enamelled field, encircled by the inscription BESE E BASHKIM, the reverse presents a silver gilt disk with central symbol encircled by a red