Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction whose column went to the

whose column went to the relief of Battleford

with loops at either end

dual prong pinback

the regiment was sent to the Eastern (Russian) front as a unit within the Third Division "Principo Amadeo Duca d'Aosta"

Evreux - 2500 m

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction whose column went to the(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.