Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, III Class Cross in Gold with Case, by Gebrüder Friedländer Auction Archive Sticht eventually served with Kampfgeschwader

Sticht eventually served with Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53)

with the handwritten inscription "Mein Panzerwagen" (My Armored Car) and arrow pointing towards one of the vehicles

with the majority of its original paper backing still intact

Alonzo Francis Ricker died on May 8

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, III Class Cross in Gold with Case, by Gebrüder Friedländer Auction Archive Sticht eventually served with Kampfgeschwader(Kniglicher Kronen Orden Kreuz III. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 18 October 1861 by King Wilhelm I. (1869 1916 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with mutli coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms, trimmed with gilt borders, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central gilded crown, situated within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of GOTT MIT UNS with arabesques, the reverse