Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II Auction Archive pinback on the MC

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Frankfurt, Free City. A Rare 1814 Cross of Honour for Officers of the Line, Type II Auction Archive pinback on the MC(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