Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration in Gold Archive maker marked ""Whitehead & Hoag

maker marked ""Whitehead & Hoag Co

the interior with a purple silk lid and purple silk recessed medalbed

crazing evident in the red enamels on the star point at 2 o'clock

late 1960s - early 1970s

possibly enlisting with them before the Americans entered the war in December 1941

Prussia, Kingdom. A General Honour Decoration in Gold Archive maker marked ""Whitehead & Hoag(Allgemeine Ehrenzeichen in Gold). Instituted 18 January 1810 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1890 1900 issue). Constructed of Gold, on loop for suspension from a period incorrect replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of King Wilhelm, situated above a grade institution date of 1890, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath,