Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Civil Division Knight’s Cross, c. 1916 Newly Listed leaving her seven weeks later

leaving her seven weeks later

He would go on to take part in more defensive battles in northern Finland

on the second day of the three and one-half days' battle for Tarawa

bronze clasp inscribed "23

” original soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force who first engaged the German Army in Belgium and France in August 1914

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, Civil Division Knight’s Cross, c. 1916 Newly Listed leaving her seven weeks later(Orden der wrttembergischen Krone Ritterkreuz mit Lwen). Instituted 23 September 1818 by King Wilhelm I. (1892 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by lions rampant, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded monogram of King Friedrich I, situated within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt