Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Swords Province of China A pair of First War

A pair of First War commemorative badges

bottom tip on the left arm has been bent back in the manufacturing stage

the obverse bearing a raised and leftward-facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm III

Lieutenant Josef Veltjens

vertical tapered pinback (tip broken off)

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Swords Province of China A pair of First War(Friedrichs Orden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 January 1830 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by Gold rays, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Gold monogram of King Friedrich I, situated within a Gold ring, the reverse overlaid by an analogous white