Waldeck, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Officer’s Cross With Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude A 1936 Gautag Kurmark/Potsdam badge

A 1936 Gautag Kurmark/Potsdam badge (19-21

an Austrian Wound Badge

The Grand Cross Breast Star was instituted by Alfonso XII in 1876

22 March 1797 - 9 March 1888) of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia (2 January 1861 - 9 March 1888) and the first German Emperor (18 January 1871 - 9 March 1888)

Waldeck, Dukedom. An Order Of Merit, Officer’s Cross With Swords, C.1914 GTRexclude A 1936 Gautag Kurmark/Potsdam badge(Offizierkreuz mit Schwertern). Issued 1914 1918. A Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and with crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a white enameled central medallion with a red enameled cross surrounded by a black enameled eight rayed star; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; measuring 48. 73 mm (w) x 49. 08 mm (h); weighing 22. 3 grams; in