Denmark, Kingdom. An Order Of The Dannebrog In Gold, Iii Class Knight C.1840 Hold by a number of different

by a number of different issuing houses

and maker marked “FR” for “C

this Cross is very well preserved

Peter Danier (age 1)

Denmark, Kingdom. An Order Of The Dannebrog In Gold, Iii Class Knight C.1840 Hold by a number of different(Dannebrogordenen). Instituted 1219 by King Valdemar II. King Christian VIIIs Period. 1839 1848 issue. Of high quality and early manufacture in Gold, consisting of an oblong Latin Cross, exhibiting a finely enameled white field with red borders, displaying detailed Gold royal crowns in each quadrant, obverse inscribed by Danish inscription GUD OG KONGEN (God and the King) on its arms, reverse presenting the institution date, 1219, the re institution