Württemberg, Kingdom. A Merit Cross With Swords Hold with total loss of finish

with total loss of finish and some oxidation evident

Sergeant Galloway was posted to the Alberta Regimental Depot at Hastings on March 10

measuring 220 mm (w) x 285 mm (h) x 33 mm (d)

with touches of red and green embroidery in the base of the crown

partially circumscribed with “FRIEDRICH WILHELM III KÖNIG V

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Merit Cross With Swords Hold with total loss of finish(Verdienstkreuz mit Schwertern). Instituted 2 July 1900 by King Wilhelm II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and with gilded swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Wilhelm II, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of VERDIENST (MERIT), unmarked, measuring 31. 68 mm (w) x 36.