Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, Civil Division, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Case, by Eduard Foehr consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed with “FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG

circumscribed with “FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN” (FRIEDRICH II GRAND DUKE OF BADEN)

he served in many top offices over four decades

the frame measuring 140 mm (w) x 120 mm (h) overall

silver insignia on a blue enamelled eight-pointed silver star base

5 mm (h) x 23 mm (d)

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, Civil Division, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Case, by Eduard Foehr consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac circumscribed with “FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG(Friedrichs Orden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 1 January 1830 by King Wilhelm I. (1856 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a Gold monogram of King Wilhelm I, situated within a Gold ring, the reverse bearing an analogous medallion and monogram similarly