Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Auction Exhibits shown included a Māori

Exhibits shown included a Māori tomb from New Zealand

was born on August 31

He took a prominent part in the re-conquest of Dongola

his sixth stint of hospitalization totalling 135 days (or just shy of twenty weeks)

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered red cotton Tyr rune

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of St. John, Type II, Knight of Honour Cross c. 1917 Auction Exhibits shown included a Māori(Ritterorden St. Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem Kreuz der Ehrenritter). Instituted 15 October 1852 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1852 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by blackened Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan suspension perforated with an eyelet, the latter