The Prussian Order of the Crown was Prussia's lowest ranking order of chivalry, and was instituted in 1861. Below, the motto Gott mit uns appeared on the pedestal. The electoral scepter had its own shield under the electoral cap. In 1701, Frederick I of Prussia changed his coat of arms as Prince-Elector of Brandenburg.
In the 17th century, the phrase Gott mit uns was used as a 'field word', a means of recognition akin to a password, by the army of Gustavus Adolphus at the battles of Breitenfeld (1631), Lützen (1632) and Wittstock (1636) in the Thirty Years' War. It was used for the first time in Germany by the Teutonic Order. Nobiscum Deus in Latin, Μεθ᾽ἡμων ὁ Θεός ( Meth hēmon ho theos) in Ancient Greek, was a battle cry of the late Roman Empire and of the Eastern Roman Empire.
