Prussia, Kingdom. A Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Military Division Knight’s Cross Miniature with Case, by Carl Buchwald Archive on a crossed swords and

on a crossed swords and crescent moon/star suspension

marked on reverse “WS” (for Wagner & Sohn

conjoined initials CG (COLONIAL GOVERNORS)

It was an anxious night

The ship first served as a training ship

Prussia, Kingdom. A Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Military Division Knight’s Cross Miniature with Case, by Carl Buchwald Archive on a crossed swords and(Frstlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern Ehrenkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms trimmed with black enameled borders, joined through the quadrants by a green enameled laurel wreath, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a Hohenzollern imperial eagle, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing an inscription