Waldeck, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Officer’s Cross With Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude The Grand Cross Breast Star

The Grand Cross Breast Star was instituted by Alfonso XII in 1876

22 March 1797 - 9 March 1888) of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia (2 January 1861 - 9 March 1888) and the first German Emperor (18 January 1871 - 9 March 1888)

and “Deschler & Sohn

the smaller ones on the outside

of identical construction

Waldeck, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Officer’s Cross With Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude The Grand Cross Breast Star(Offizierkreuz mit Schwertern). Issued 1914 1918. A Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a white enameled central medallion with a red enameled cross surrounded by a black enameled eight rayed star; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 48. 73 mm (w) x 49. 08 mm (h); weighing 22. 3 grams; in