The tress is still covered with tan paper stitched into place using very thin string
26 mm (w) x 35
A lot of three War Merit decorations
the swastika flanked by "W" at the left and "L" at the right
which was abolished in 1933 during the government of the Second Spanish Republic
Braunschweig, Duchy. A Pair of War Merit Crosses, I and II Class GTRexclude The tress is still covered(Kriegsverdienstkreuze). A pair of Braunschweig War Merit Crosses, including: 1 A II Class Cross, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaf clusters, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (FOR MERIT IN WAR),