Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the hoist edge reinforced with

the hoist edge reinforced with a layer of white cotton

Type II (Médaille Militaire): in silver with blue enamels

minor age-appropriate material fatigue evident

based firstly on Maidstone and then Vulcan

the obverse bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire integrated Sturmabteilung (SA) and SS insignia

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the hoist edge reinforced with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaves, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 46 mm (w) x 40. 60 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams,