Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 GTRexclude under the Military Service Act)

under the Military Service Act)

Clement worked as a clerk in the business office of Clement and Sons Marble

assorted Handwritten Letters addressed to Read from his Wife during 1917

untouched example features silvered zinc Prussian eagle on the wappenschield holding the sceptor and orb

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1914 GTRexclude under the Military Service Act)(Militr Verdienstorden, Ritterkreuz). Instituted on 6. 11. 1806 by King Friedrich I (Issued 1914 1918). A Gold Maltese cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion with a green enameled laurel wreath, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed FURCHTLOS UND TREW (German Fearless and Loyal) in Gold, the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, bearing the crowned royal cipher of King Friedrich,