Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross, I Class, c. 1920 visually-hidden all set on 190 mm-long

all set on 190 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner

with their original envelopes

very fine chipping in the blue enamels on the robe of Our Lady of Guadalupe

After four days treatment

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross, I Class, c. 1920 visually-hidden all set on 190 mm-long(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronzed, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by clusters of oak leaves, the six oclock arm bearing a war commencement date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,