Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Archive Five weeks after joining his

Five weeks after joining his new unit

Peter Bloomfield of Fifeshire

The blade fits flush to the cross-guard

with its paper backer fully preserved on the reverse - with a maker’s label reading “C

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Archive Five weeks after joining his(Militr Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz). Instituted on 11 February 1759. Type VII. (1914 1918 Issue). A gilded silver Maltese cross patte 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 (FEARLESS AND LOYAL), the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, bearing the crowned royal cipher, inscribed FURCHTLOS UND