Instituted on 18 November 1811
The Order was awarded in recognition of meritorious military and civil service rendered to the royal house
Order of Redeemer
A Kreta Campaign Cufftitle - White cotton with machine embroidered Latin script "KRETA" in the centre
A 1935 NSKOV Settin (Gau Pommern) Frontsoldatentag badge (19
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth visually-hidden Instituted on 18 November 1811(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 63 mm (w) x 48. 38 mm (h), weighing 16. 8 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish, in near extremely fine