Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Hold Seventh Flotilla

Seventh Flotilla

with a white-enameled Maltese Cross in Gold

to civilians who had actively assisted in the preparations of the ceremony and to a wide range of officials who were present at the festivities

The first page contains an inscription by the author

Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Hold Seventh Flotilla(Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Lwen, Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on April 25, 1834 by Herzog Wilhelm. (Issued 1879 1918). A Latin cross with rounded ends that are decorated by a single ball per arm, with crossed swords, marked IMMOTA FIDES (Loyalty is Unbreakable), with the crowned cipher of Wilhlem on the reverse, the reverse plain, suspended from a loop and its period original ribbon, measuring 29. 42 mm