Prussia, Kingdom. A Jerusalem Memorial Cross, Taylors Copy Archive Commemorative Cross for the War

Commemorative Cross for the War of 1866

and later in the Kriegsmarine

War Merit Cross with Swords

22 mm (l) x 31

each with a black leather strap

Prussia, Kingdom. A Jerusalem Memorial Cross, Taylors Copy Archive Commemorative Cross for the War(Jerusalem Erinnerungskreuz) Instituted 31 October 1898. A Jerusalem cross paty constructed of bronze and red enamel, with four plain crosslets in the quadrants between the arms, the centre bears a royal crown with fringes, below is the cipher IR (Imperator Rex) and below that is the cipher W II (Wilhelm II), on a rayed background, the reverse centre bears an X (for October), and the date XXXI MD CCC IIC (31 1898), on a pebbled background, with an