Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross, C.1916 Hold s Cross Second Class with

s Cross Second Class with Swords of the Albert Order

France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland

with a symbolic ring of iron mounted carefully within the silver structure

the other being Robert Walter Carden

a number which increased during the Second World War to more than 12

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross, C.1916 Hold s Cross Second Class with(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