Saxony. A Civil Merit Order, I Class Knight’s Cross, With Swords, C.1914 United Republic of numbered on reverse “82”

numbered on reverse “82”

used a smoke screen

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the obverse with a circular central medallion depicting the Royal Prussian crown

first in November 1914 and was assigned to the 500 Draft Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Reinforcements (but does not appear on the PPCLI rolls)

Saxony. A Civil Merit Order, I Class Knight’s Cross, With Swords, C.1914 United Republic of numbered on reverse “82”(Zivil Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwerter). Second Model. Issued 1914 1918. A silver gilt Maltese cross with white enameled arms, crossed swords, and green enameled florets between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a center white enameled medallion depicting the crowned Royal Monogram, surrounded by a white ring of enamels inscribed Aug.(ust) K.(nig) V.(on) Sachsen d(en) 7. Jun(i). 1815 in silver gilt lettering, the reverse with