who belong to the homeland through birth or marriage, or otherwise nationalized (citizens). 4. The number (of members) is restricted to one hundred. 5. To its selection let's decree hereby a Capitel, which, under the chair of the woman princess Wilhelm Königl. Highness, out of four women … 6. The Capitel will consider candidates, of the feminine sex, from all provinces of the nation, carefully test their credentials, out of which they will decide the worthiest, select up to the available / vacant number (of memberships) and indicate them to Us (the king and emperor) confirmation being specifically reserved for Us. The bestowal / conferral of the award results then, after Our confirmation, under the signature of the Princess Wilhelm Königl. Highness. 7. We hereby order the management of the membership to the (wife of) field marshal count v. d. Gröben. 8. Regarding the loss of the order: We will decide, after considering the expert opinions of the Capitels Allerhöchstselbst, if removal / expulsion should occur, … given general directions, the loss of the order and medal will follow. Classes of membership and insignia At its initial creation in 1814, the Order was only available in one class. A second class was added during the reign of Wilhelm I. Dames, First Class, wore the black-enameled cross with its blue-enameled, medallion centerpiece, suspended from a predominantly white ribbon, with three black stripes, as tied in a bow. Though the statutes indicate that the badge was to be worn on the left breast, many period portraits show the members wearing the badge on or at the left shoulder of their dresses. Dames, Second Class, wore a similarly-designed silver cross, minus the black enamel, which was also worn suspended from the white and black bow. The Prussian State Handbook of 1907 indicates further variants and subsets of the Second Class of the order: II.1 with silver crown, II.1 (without crown), and II.2. Recipients Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia Alexandra of Denmark Princess Alexandra of Hanover (born 1882) Princess Alexandrine of Baden Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1842–1906) Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803–1892) Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980) Princess Alice of the United Kingdom Amalie Auguste of Bavaria Amélie of Leuchtenberg Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia Princess Anna of Prussia Infanta Antónia of Portugal Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Augusta Victoria of