Denmark, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of Dannebrog, First Class Grand Cross, C. 1848 United Republic of original ribbon with "For Merit"

original ribbon with "For Merit" device on ribbon

from September 16

Iron Cross (1st and 2nd Class)

issued at division headquarters on 22 May 1940

Footnote: The Order of Aeronautical Merit (Orden al Mérito Aeronáutico) was established by Francisco Franco on November 30

Denmark, Kingdom. An Exquisite Order Of Dannebrog, First Class Grand Cross, C. 1848 United Republic of original ribbon with "For Merit"Frederick VII (1848 1863) (Dannebrogordenen). Constructed of meticulously crafted gold, in the shape of a Dannebrog cross, with the outer outlines enameled in red and the rest of the cross with white enamels; the center of the cross decorated with a cross, consisting of thirteen vertical and ten horizontal table cut stones, with the addition of a larger square stone in the middle of the cross; the reverse similarly enameled as the obverse, but