Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross, c. 1900 Province of China a maker’s mark of “LOH

a maker’s mark of “LOH

both bookends measure 123 mm in length x 45 mm in width

Award document grouping to Feldwebel Karl-Heinz Böttner

one year to the day of his enlistment

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross, c. 1900 Province of China a maker’s mark of “LOH(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 15 October 1852 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by blackened Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension perforated with an eyelet, the