Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Hold on March 10

on March 10

with modern sash

obverse depicting a national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

with gilded leaf above

Sopwith Camel

Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Hold on March 10(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