Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, Civil Division, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Case, by Eduard Foehr consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on a full-length neck ribbon

on a full-length neck ribbon that is colour correct but incorrect in the piping

(Waffen-SS Insignien für lettische Freiwillige)

circumscribed with “FRIEDRICH II GROSSHERZOG VON BADEN” (FRIEDRICH II GRAND DUKE OF BADEN)

he served in many top offices over four decades

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Friedrich Order, Civil Division, I Class Knight’s Cross in Gold with Case, by Eduard Foehr consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on a full-length neck ribbon(Friedrichs Orden Ritterkreuz I. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 1 January 1830 by King Wilhelm I. (1856 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a Gold monogram of King Wilhelm I, situated within a Gold ring, the reverse bearing an analogous medallion and monogram similarly