Prussia, Kingdom. A High Order Of The Black Eagle, Embroidered Mantle Star, C.1910 Hold 1/CAN:MTD:RIF:)

1/CAN:MTD:RIF:)

(unmarked but recovered from Zimmermann factory hoard)

inatct lugs and pins)

Maker marked steel pieces by Overhoff and Cie are very rare

Prussia, Kingdom. A High Order Of The Black Eagle, Embroidered Mantle Star, C.1910 Hold 1/CAN:MTD:RIF:)(Hohe Orden vom Schwarzen Adler). Instituted 17 January 1701. (1701 1918 Issue). An eight pointed embroidered star in silver aluminum wire, the centre obverse depicts a black embroidered eagle with crown, beak, eye, and claws completed in golden bullion wire, clutching a wreath in green wool and thunderbolts in orange wire, bordered by a ring of golden embroidery bearing the motto SUUM CUIQUE (TO EACH HIS OWN) in golden thread embroidery, the lower