Description
the last King of Joseon and the first Emperor of Korea
A fine quality manufacture and well preserved German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)
marked “STERLING SILVER”
maker marked JOHANN MAURER WIEN & SOPRON
North Borneo (now Kota Kinabalu
Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, II/III Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the last King of Joseon(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz II. Klasse III. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed fan with a suspension loop and ring retaining a period original full length of