Luxembourg, Duchy. An Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau, Officer with Crown, by Bertrand certificate_of_authenticity 6th Somersets

6th Somersets

Miniature Knight's Cross

Commander's Cross: silver gilt with red and white enamels

24 mm (w) x 45

1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal

Luxembourg, Duchy. An Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau, Officer with Crown, by Bertrand certificate_of_authenticity 6th Somersets(Ordre de Mrite civil et militaire dAdolphe de Nassau). Instituted 1858. In silver gilt, a Maltese cross with white enameled arms and ball finals, the obverse centre bears the letter "A" in Gold in Gothic script, crowned by an imperial crown, with blue enamel surround depicting laurels and the motto "Virtute", the reverse centre applique presents the dates "1292" (the year that Adolf of Nassau Weilburg was crowned as King of the Romans) and "1858"