Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class visually-hidden including a Kyffhäuserbund 25-year membership

including a Kyffhäuserbund 25-year membership pin

13 mm (h) and weighs 42

it described his physical appearance as "fair" and his temperment as "intelligent

the obverse central medallion presenting two figures kneeling before a cross

along with crazing in the white enamels on two arms

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class visually-hidden including a Kyffhäuserbund 25-year membership(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaves, topped by a crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 36 mm (w) x 40. 55 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, an award piece