Braunschweig, Duchy. A Pair of War Merit Crosses, I and II Class Archive rim impressed 104785 PTE

rim impressed 104785 PTE

and "6" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front

each constructed of black wool with buckram cores and trimmed with twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire piping

trimmed by woven blue piping

being the flights from Würzburg to Schwerin

Braunschweig, Duchy. A Pair of War Merit Crosses, I and II Class Archive rim impressed 104785 PTE(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),