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

without attachment

and with a soft fabric core

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