Waldeck, Principality. A Rare Order of Merit, I Class Cross with Swords, c. 1916 Buy Now measuring 25 mm (w) x

measuring 25 mm (w) x 75 mm (l)

1 mm (l) including its suspension

twelve with a slider

45 mm x 112 mm each

Waldeck, Principality. A Rare Order of Merit, I Class Cross with Swords, c. 1916 Buy Now measuring 25 mm (w) x(Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 3 July 1857 by Prince Georg Victor. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse overlaid by a central gilded and black enameled starburst, in turn bearing a white enameled medallion with a red enameled Anchor Cross, all situated within a blue enameled