Württemberg, Kingdom. A Wilhelm Cross With Swords Auction Archive measuring 56 mm (w) x

measuring 56 mm (w) x 427 mm (l)

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The director of the Braunschweig Archive wrote on Jan

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Württemberg, Kingdom. A Wilhelm Cross With Swords Auction Archive measuring 56 mm (w) x(Wilhelmskreuz mit Schwerter fr Kriegsverdienst). Instituted 13 September 1915 by King Wilhelm II. (1915 1918). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Wilhelm II, situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1915, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised crown, the reverse