Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Hold measuring approximately 32 mm x

measuring approximately 32 mm x 17 mm

By most accounts

the interior retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker code of “A4/308” for Thüringer Fahnenfabrik Coburg

The interior is fully encompassed by a light brown cotton twill liner

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class, Privately-Purchased Example Hold measuring approximately 32 mm x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by clusters of oak leaves, situated above a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 39. 88 mm (w) x 40. 28 mm (h), weighing 16. 8