Saxony-Ernestine. An House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross In Gold, Miniature, C.1900 United Republic of (SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)

(SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)

it recognizes an individual "who has performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens

An early cross with many features similar to those first war issue crosses

with which he would participate in the attack on Russia in the summer of 1941

Busk must surely have been one of th

Saxony-Ernestine. An House Order, I Class Knight’s Cross In Gold, Miniature, C.1900 United Republic of (SS-Unterführer Anwärter Schulterklappen)(Hausorden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse). 1864 1935 Issue. A Gold Maltese cross with white enameled arms and ball finals, as well as lions and crossed swords between the arms, the obverse depicting a round silver gilt medallion of Ernst des Frommen, surrounded by a blue enameled ring inscribed Fideliter & Constanter (Latin Loyal and Resistant), surrounded by an enameled laurel wreath, the reverse with a round central medallion featuring the enameled Coat of