Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Newly Listed 451233 Private William Rupert Harris

451233 Private William Rupert Harris

The shoulders are adorned with epaulette straps trimmed in angled yellow-gold cord and are held firmly in place by gilt aluminum buttons at one end and sewn in place at the opposite end

and prohibited in France by Luis XVIII in 1819

wearing the Order of Saint Anne with other decorations

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Newly Listed 451233 Private William Rupert Harris(Dppeler Sturmkreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Prussian Imperial Eagle perched on top of a canon, the arms inscribed DFFEL 18. APR. 1864, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 31. 64 mm (w) x 36. 78 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.