Westphalia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Phillip Of The Lion Of Limburg In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1840 certificate_of_authenticity 3rd Class for Twelve Years'

3rd Class for Twelve Years' Service - Gold-coloured gilt on bronze

nearly half a century before

but presumably it happened slightly before or shortly after the attack on Russia

A First War Austrian Order of Franz Joseph

1 Clasp - NORTH AFRICA 1942-43 (bronze

Westphalia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Phillip Of The Lion Of Limburg In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1840 certificate_of_authenticity 3rd Class for Twelve Years'(Orden Sankt Phillipps zum Lwen). Instituted in 1700 by the Counts of Limburg Stirum. A finely made and early award, in Gold, featuring a white enameled Maltese cross with ball finials, with fine quality green enameled laurel wreaths in each quadrant, obverse centre bearing the Lion of Limburg, circumscribed Beneficencia Et Virtute (With the Benefit of Virtue) in Gold lettering, the arms of the cross are inscribed with the letters HSCW for Henricus,