Order of the Black Eagle links: alternately a black eagle and a device featuring a center medallion with the motto of the Order ("Suum Cuique"—literally "To each his own," but idiomatically "To each according to his merits"), a series of FRs forming a cross pattern, a blue enameled ring around this, and crowns at each cross point. The star of the Order was a silver eight-pointed star, with straight or faceted rays depending on the jeweler's design. The center medallion displayed a black eagle (which gripped a wreath of laurels in its left claws and a scepter in its right) on a golden background, surrounded
Suum cuique of the Order of the Black Eagle (German: "Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler"; founded in 1701), the highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. The motto continues in use in Germany - in the insignia of the military police (the Feldjäger) and in association with the Berlin-based Masonic Lodge, "Black Eagle Lodge" (German: "Johannisloge Zum schwarzen Adler"). The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland uses the motto "Suum cuique". The phrase also serves as the motto of the Faculties of Law at Lund University and Uppsala University in Sweden, as well as the Faculty of Law of Federal University