Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Swords Province of China Lieutenant Josef Veltjens

Lieutenant Josef Veltjens

crazing present in the silvering on the swastika on the Order of the Cross of Liberty

with capsule-shaped fullers on both sides butting the spine

Average elevations lowered to the south but did not fall below 12

the obverse bearing a raised and leftward-facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm III

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Swords Province of China Lieutenant Josef Veltjens(Friedrichs Orden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 January 1830 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with silver and enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by Gold rays, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a raised Gold monogram of King Friedrich I, situated within a Gold ring, the reverse overlaid by an analogous white