Black Eagle in Enamel

[Gary Symonds]

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[Gary Symonds]

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[Gary Symonds]

Gentlemen:
I have pics to post, but the WAF computer will only allow this one pic of the reverse!

[Gary Symonds]

At last the obverse. This may be real. Does anyone else have one? Opinions, supported by facts would be welcomed.

[Carl Christense]

Looking at this pinback, I am really not sure what it is. I do not believe that it is a military award. The Prussian eagle's that I have seen on military awards have a black and white shield over the chest with an orb in one talon and a scepter in the other.

If I had to guess (and this is just a guess) it could be a patriotic piece of some sort. Could you provide any futher information on this?

Carl C

[Gary Symonds]

Looking at this pinback, I am really not sure what it is. I do not believe that it is a military award. The Prussian eagle's that I have seen on military awards have a black and white shield over the chest with an orb in one talon and a scepter in the other.

If I had to guess (and this is just a guess) it could be a patriotic piece of some sort. Could you provide any futher information on this?

Carl C

Carl, I wish I had further information, I don't. This is why I posted the pics, hoping somebody would know what it is. It is not military, I believe it may be the Order of the Black Eagle, which was given only to royalty, and was a civil order.

[wolfeknives]

I think it unlikely that it has anything to do with the Order of the Black Eagle. The wings are shaped differently, and the eagle on the order is clutching a lightning bundle and wreath in its talons. The eagle on this piece seems different from any of the prussian orders.

[saschaw]

I have no idea what it is, but this thing is not in any way related to Prussia's "High Order of the Black Eagle".