Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross, C.1916 Hold by Admiralty Fleet Order 3526

by Admiralty Fleet Order 3526

maker marked "WILLI MERTEN" and marked "GES

the other being Robert Walter Carden

and with a soft fabric core

without attachment

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross, C.1916 Hold by Admiralty Fleet Order 3526(Militr Verdienstorden, Ritterkreuz). 1914 1918 Issue. A silver gilt 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); the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, bearing the crowned royal cipher of Wilhelm; on a double loop suspension from its period original