Prussia, Kingdom. A 25-Year Long Service Cross For Officers, C.1910 Auction Archive centre with white and black

centre with white and black enamel and gilt bronze lettering

Superb quality miniature with excellent details

4 grams with the chain

by the Gefreiter Franz Keilbauer in 373

Prussia, Kingdom. A 25-Year Long Service Cross For Officers, C.1910 Auction Archive centre with white and black(Dienstauszeichnung fr Offiziere). Instituted 18 June 1825 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1825 1920 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a bronze trapezoid backplate and horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, the reverse with a number 25 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 39. 36 mm (w) x 43.