Braunschweig, Duchy. A Pair of War Merit Crosses, I and II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gold with red and green

Gold with red and green enamels

In this new place

29mm (w) x 53

"A fine example of a 1914-1918 issue Albrecht Order Commander’s Cross Breast Star with Swords (Albrechtsorden Burststern zum Komturkreuz mit Schwertern)

especially Emperor Franz Joseph

Braunschweig, Duchy. A Pair of War Merit Crosses, I and II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Gold with red and green(Kriegsverdienstkreuze). A pair of Braunschweig War Merit Crosses, including: 1 A II Class Cross, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaf clusters, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR),