Wilhelm-Orden

The Wilhelm Order was founded on 18 January 1896 William II in memory of his grandfather, the first German emperor of the " Second Reich " William I..

Order decoration

The Order, which is only formed from a class consists of an approximately 222 -gram gold chain, in which members of the lettering WILHELMUS: I: REX stands. It depends on a highly oval laurel wreath, in whose center a medallion attached. This shows the clad to the left breast image William I with the inscription WILHELM KOENIG OF PRUSSIA.

The design came from the medalists Emil Weigand and Otto Schultz.

Ceremonies

The Order is one of the most rarely awarded Awards of the Prussian kingdom. Overall, can be detected around 65 ceremonies. On Foundation Day got him, inter alia, Otto von Bismarck. The final ceremony took place on 28 August 1913, the Hereditary Princess Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte of Saxe- Meiningen. Other famous winners were:

  • Heinrich von Stephan
  • Paul Berthold
  • Theodor Lohmann
  • Tonio Bödiker
  • Egmont Websky
  • Helene thunder
  • Sophie Henschel
  • James Simon

Others

In public, especially in Internet auctions, the ten thousand times awarded Centenarmedaille is named in memory of the 100th anniversary of Kaiser Wilhelm I in 1897 mistakenly " Wilhelm Order."

Also in Hesse- Kassel, there was a William Order, but this was older and named after the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hesse -Kassel.

Collar (Order of Knighthood) Centenary Medal (Prussia) Wilhelmsorden
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