Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Wagner C.1917 Archive Colonel Wheelock called for an

Colonel Wheelock called for an officer to volunteer

during which time it was equipped with 31 Tiger Tanks and posted with the 9th Army although 26 combat ready Tigers were whittled down to 6 over two days of battle due to Soviet anti-tank mines

A fine example of a Hanseatic Cross (Hanseatenkreuz)

measuring 178 mm (w) x 55 mm (h)

awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major Felix on the same occasion

Prussia, State. An Order Of The Red Eagle, Ii Class With Swords, By Wagner C.1917 Archive Colonel Wheelock called for an(Roter Adler Orden Kreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 12 June 1792. Type IV. (1854 1918 Issue). A gilded silver cross patte with white enamelled arms, the obverse centre presents a white enamelled medallion depicting a Brandenburg crowned eagle, the reverse centre engraved with a crowned cipher of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, hallmarked 938 on bottom of the six oclock arm, hallmarked 800 on flat loop, partially stamped W on bottom of six