Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Black Eagle, Breast Star C. 1840 Newly Listed some chipping and loss of

some chipping and loss of enamels evident

a vertical slender banjo style pinback

the reverse with two lugs bearing period original nuts and washers

The remaining seven men were pinned beneath the overturned carrier below the surface of the water

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M9/25” with maker “Richard Sieper & Söhne

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order Of The Black Eagle, Breast Star C. 1840 Newly Listed some chipping and loss of(Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler, Bruststern). Instituted 17 January 1701 by King Friedrich I. (1701 19181 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant starburst, featuring a central gilded and pebbled medallion overlaid by a black enameled Prussian imperial eagle, set within a pebbled circular silver ring bearing a raised gilded inscription of SUUM CUIQUE (TO EACH HIS OWN) and a partially