Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Auction Archive in order to fly combat

in order to fly combat missions

with a belt loop above a pouch bearing a protective flap stitched in place

the reverse with the illegible remnants of a handwritten inscription

the 46 mm (w) x 37

overall in very good condition

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Auction Archive in order to fly combat(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 bronze with 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 latter