Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Iv Class, By R. Zeich GTRexclude Grand Officer's Star - In

Grand Officer's Star - In silver and enamel

each constructed of bronze with multi-coloured enamels

his company was held up by heavy machine-gun fire

He was later transferred to the 291st Artillery Regiment

Encampment at Utica

Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Iv Class, By R. Zeich GTRexclude Grand Officer's Star - In(Roter Adler Orden Kreuz 4. Klasse). Instituted on 12 June 1792. Type IV Model Long Wings Type. (1855 1918). A silver cross patte with smooth arms, the obverse centre presents a white enamelled medallion depicting a Brandenburg crowned eagle, the reverse centre engraved with a crowned cipher of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, marked Z on centre medallion rim between the six and nine oclock arms, measuring 38. 56 mm (w) x 42. 34 mm (h), on loop for