Württemberg, Kingdom. A Merit Cross With Swords Hold with total loss of finish

with total loss of finish and some oxidation evident

Karl Berchtold

Sergeant Galloway was posted to the Alberta Regimental Depot at Hastings on March 10

Berlin - (Type II)

A photograph of six SS-Verfügungstruppe personnel

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Merit Cross With Swords Hold with total loss of finish(Verdienstkreuz mit Schwertern). Instituted 2 July 1900 by King Wilhelm II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and with gilded swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Wilhelm II, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 68 mm (w) x 36.