Prussia, Kingdom. A Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight’s Cross with Swords, by Gebrüder Friedländer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a retractable off-white doeskin

with a retractable off-white doeskin medal bed

as well as “900” for silver content

hated by most

(Al Merito en Campana)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight’s Cross with Swords, by Gebrüder Friedländer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a retractable off-white doeskin(Kniglicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern). Instituted 18 January 1851 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1851 1918 issue, c. 1917). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms highlighted with black enameled borders, joined through the quadrants by a green enameled laurel and oak leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a hand