In the deed of foundation dated 12 June 1892, King Wilhelm of Prussia decreed that the Order of the Red Eagle could be awarded with a royal crown. The crown was conferred by the King as a special and personal distinction and could accompany all classes of the order.
The Supreme Cabinet Order of 29 June 1894 further clarified this regulation, stating: “The decoration of the Order of the Red Eagle with the crown is not to be discarded if the holder is awarded a higher class without the crown.”
For awards of the 4th Class, the crowns were manufactured from enameled silver. In the higher classes—from the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Classes up to the Grand Cross—the crowns were initially produced in enameled gold until 1916, and thereafter, until 1918, in enameled, gilded silver.
On 20 April 1892, the King orally approved the commencement of production by the General Order Commission, having previously sanctioned the prototype crosses with crowns.
F. Lehmann, in his work The Order of the Red Eagle, provides a detailed account of the production process. In a letter dated 28 April 1892, the General Order Commission informed the President of the Royal State Ministry, Count Eulenburg, that it would immediately order an appropriate quantity of each class, emphasizing that the manufacture of the necessary new minting dies would require considerable time. The State Ministry replied on April 30, 1892, inquiring when production of the decorations in the new form could be expected. The General Order Commission was also requested to submit sample crosses to the Ministry as soon as possible.
Since the production of the minting dies alone would take approximately fourteen days, it was estimated that about four weeks would pass before the Order of the Red Eagle could be delivered in its revised form. The existing prototype crosses remained in the possession of the die manufacturer and could only be returned after completion of the dies.
On 11 May 1892, the Ministry of State submitted a draft decree and an accompanying authorization document to the Emperor, describing the production process and requesting execution of the proposed Most High Decree, as well as approval of the manufacture of the insignia in accordance with the submitted designs. On May 12, 1892, the General Order Commission forwarded six completed crosses to the President of the Royal State Ministry, Count Eulenburg.
Following a few examples of those order decorations with Crown:
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