Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd

Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd class

whose column went to the relief of Battleford

it was used instead for anti-Partisan operations in the territory of the NDH until the end of the war

framed by miniature ribbons of the Iron Cross 2nd Class

the regiment was sent to the Eastern (Russian) front as a unit within the Third Division "Principo Amadeo Duca d'Aosta"

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction Clasp to Iron Cross 2nd(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.