Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction dual prong pinback

dual prong pinback

named to Gefreiter Max Berger

the regiment was sent to the Eastern (Russian) front as a unit within the Third Division "Principo Amadeo Duca d'Aosta"

Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd class

a machine embroidered cockade in red

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction dual prong pinback(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.