88 - Prussia, award certificate, Royal Order of the Crown 4th class, Strasbourg/Alsace, framed, 1910

Prussia, award certificate, Royal Order of the Crown 4th class, Strasbourg/Alsace, framed, 1910 Paper, glass, wood. Award certificate for the Royal Order of the Crown, fourth class, issued by the General Commission for the Affairs of the Royal Prussian Orders, Berlin, January 5, 1910, for the master locksmith and chief equipment master of the fire brigade August Eduard Oster of Strasbourg in Alsace, heading "Auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs" in Fraktur with calligraphic initial and pen flourishes, text in Kurrent script, name of the order in Fraktur, lower left seal with the Prussian coat of arms under a pavilion, lower right signature. Behind glass in a gold-colored wooden frame with narrow bead molding, label of the glazier "K. ADAM", Strasbourg, on the reverse. Good condition commensurate with age. Frame size 36x24 cm (HxW). The Royal Order of the Crown was founded on October 18, 1861 by King Wilhelm I on the occasion of his coronation in Königsberg and in the same year was made equal in rank to the Order of the Red Eagle. The Prussian decoration comprised four classes, was worn on a cornflower-blue ribbon and shows the royal crown with the motto "GOTT MIT UNS" in the medallion. After the end of the monarchy in 1918 the order was no longer awarded. From 1871 Strasbourg was the administrative seat of the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, which received its own constitution on May 26, 1911.