Prussia, Kingdom. An Alsen Cross, C.1864 Auction Archive all original striking good quality

all original striking good quality miniatures

95 mm (w) x 69

the obverse with a central German national eagle clutching a swastika

it was redeployed to Greece

unmarked but typical Deschler

Prussia, Kingdom. An Alsen Cross, C.1864 Auction Archive all original striking good quality(Alsen Kreuz). Instituted 7 December 1864 by King Wilhelm I. (1864 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central Hohenzollern eagle above a ship, the arms with an inscription of ALSEN 29. JUNI 1864, the reverse with a central leftward facing profile of King Wilhelm I, circumscribed by name and title, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked,