Saxony, Kingdom. A Merit Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1916 Hold gray mesh cotton backer

gray mesh cotton backer

suspended by original period ribbon with pin

Pair of shoulder boards for Kriegsverwaltungabteilungschef (Colonel equivalent)

while the other end has a short button down tab

with a central white enameled disc bearing a black mobile swastika

Saxony, Kingdom. A Merit Order, I Class Knight’s Cross With Swords, C.1916 Hold gray mesh cotton backer(Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 7 June 1815 by King Friedrich August (1866 with swords). (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with a green enameled laurel wreath joining the quadrants and crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Saxon coat of arms,