Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reprinted in 1973 by Eyre

reprinted in 1973 by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited at Grosvenor Press in Portsmouth

It is certain that the collar tab was manufactured

the exterior lid bears the hand etched personal coat of arms of Francisco Franco: a shield with a left-to-right diagonal field with two creatures with their tongues out

eight cruisers and eight destroyers

superimposed by a vertical centrally oriented sword

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reprinted in 1973 by Eyre(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by oak leaves, topped by a royal crown, and situated above a date of 1914, the reverse with an elongated block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 40. 46 mm (w) x 40. 60 mm (h), weighing 15. 8 grams,