Germany, Imperial. A Jerusalem Cross, c. 1930 United Republic of superimposed on a white cotton

superimposed on a white cotton circle (discoloured to an even champagne-colour)

engraver marked with the dedication of I

cerulean blue and ultramarine blue enamels

a recipient of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords

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Germany, Imperial. A Jerusalem Cross, c. 1930 United Republic of superimposed on a white cotton(Jerusalem Erinnerungskreuz). Instituted 31 October 1898 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1898 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Jerusalem Cross with dark red enameled arms, with each arm joined through the quadrants by identical enameled crosses, the obverse overlaid by a central ribbed and gilded medallion bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the reverse