A 5Th Class German Eagle Order With Swords By Godet & Co. Of Berlin GTRexclude At the Great Exhibition (London)

At the Great Exhibition (London) of 1851

silver with red and green enamels

period newspaper clipping

Footnote: In the rank of Temporary Captain in the Labour Corps

By nightfall

A 5Th Class German Eagle Order With Swords By Godet & Co. Of Berlin GTRexclude At the Great Exhibition (London)A fine quality manufacture German Eagle Order with Swords (Deutscher Adlerorden V. Klasse mit Schwertern) by a well known maker; multi piece construction; maltesian cross in gilded silver and well preserved white enamels; with four national eagles (Hoheitszeichen) between the arms of the cross; on loop for suspension; unmarked, but with typical characteristics of Godet & Sohn Manufacture; on a period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback sewn onto