Description
This is an award document for the Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class (Rothen Adler Orden Vierter Klasse). This award was made to a Heinrich Johannes Halke. The award came in 1886, during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The document is signed by an official of the Royal Prussian Orders Commission, more commonly known as the Ordenskanzler. The document measures 13″ x 8 1/4,” and is quite ornate. It has been folded in quarters. A two inch tear shows at the top of the document where one of the folds was made.
