Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Württemberg Crown, Knight’s Cross with Case, c. 1916 Auction Archive 12 were ordered on December

12 were ordered on December 3rd to cover the withdrawal of units from Chinnampo by escorting the transports into the harbour and providing gunfire support during their withdrawal

This came at the end of his time in the Hitler Youth

with slight soiling evident to the obverse of the insignia tab

1914 with the 21st Infantry Battalion

ribbon missing tie at one end

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Württemberg Crown, Knight’s Cross with Case, c. 1916 Auction Archive 12 were ordered on December(Orden der wrttembergischen Krone Ritterkreuz mit Etui). Instituted 23 September 1818 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded crown, situated within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of FURCHTLOS UND TREW (FEARLESS AND LOYAL), the reverse