Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac providing a smooth edge around

providing a smooth edge around the circumference

The edge of the walls is fully trimmed with gold bullion wire piping

this time to Lieutenant Commander on November 1

The confirmation certificate of promotion to Oberleutnant is dated to Munich on April 9

Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac providing a smooth edge around(Ehrenkreuz fr Offiziere der Linie 1814). Instituted 22 October 1814 by Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss Greiz. (1814 1815 issue). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central oval medallion circumscribing an inscription of DEUTSCHLAND (GERMANY), the three, nine, and twelve oclock arms bearing the monograms of Emperor Franz I of Austria, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III