Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Principality. An Honour Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity In bronze gilt with blue

In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels

1944 (Reference / Accession Number: 2004-01505-5 on www

He was to be involved in numerous sorties in the French theatre

a direct contrast to the person that would later be described in his Military Medal citation

Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Principality. An Honour Cross, Iii Class With Swords, C.1917 certificate_of_authenticity In bronze gilt with blue(Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 17 December 1856 by Prince Gnther Friedrich Carl. (Issued 1870 1918). In silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the center, obverse centre with a gilded silver applique bearing a blue enameled medallion with a gilt lion rampant, the reverse with a centerpiece of identical construction bearing a royal monogram, on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon,