Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Prussian group of eight:

Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, 2nd Class; Order of the Red Eagle, 4th type, 4th Class with swords, with plain arms, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; Order of the Crown, 2nd type, 4th Class with swords, gilt and enamel; War Medal 1870-71, combatant’s; War Cross 1866, for ‘Der Treuen Kriegern’; War Medal 1864; Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class breast badge by Julius Keibel, St. Petersburg, 35 x 35mm., gold and enamel, with manufacturer’s mark on reverse and ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet; Mecklenburg-Schwerin, War Cross 1864, gilt, mounted as worn, very fine and better except where stated (8) £1000-1400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kuriheka Collection of British Medals.

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Attributed to a Mr Christiansen, a Dane in the service of the King of Prussia.