Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MICHAELIS ARCHANG

MICHAELIS ARCHANG

crazing in the white enamels on another

1940 - Bronze

minor age-appropriate material fatigue evident

a winged skull with crossed bayonet and hand grenade

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac MICHAELIS ARCHANG(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaves, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 46 mm (w) x 40. 60 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams,