Braunschweig, Dutchy. An Order Of Henry The Lion, 2Nd Class Knight, C.1910 Archive following the Battle of Marengo

following the Battle of Marengo (1800)

left hand side

which resulted in heavy casualties on both sides

Very attractive and very scarce by this maker

Braunschweig, Dutchy. An Order Of Henry The Lion, 2Nd Class Knight, C.1910 Archive following the Battle of Marengo(Orden Heinrichs des Lwen Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). Issued 1877 1918. A silver Maltese cross with ball finals and light blue enameled arms, with a crowned royal cipher of Wilhelm between each of the arms; the obverse with a central enameled medallion depicting a white Hannoverian horse in front of a column, the enamels of the arms with gold painted wheat stalks, with a knights armour helmet on the six oclock arm; the reverse with a central red enameled