Württemberg. An Order Of Friedrich, Knight’s Cross First Class With Swords, C.1917 Auction Archive seventeen days shy of his

seventeen days shy of his twenty-fifth birthday

maker marked "Wilh

a shield with the Scottish coat-of-arms at her feet

1916 he was on the Eastern Front

as he was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class (1942)

Württemberg. An Order Of Friedrich, Knight’s Cross First Class With Swords, C.1917 Auction Archive seventeen days shy of his1870 1918 Issue. In silver gilt cross patte with sun rays between the arms of the cross; the obverse with a silver gilt cipher of Friedrich I within a bed of white enamels, surrounded by a silver gilt ring; identical reverse; with crossed swords suspended from the top arm, suspended from a period original ribbon; measuring 36. 42 mm (w) x 46. 62 mm (h); weighing 20. 0 grams; slight loss to the silver gilt, but with nearly untouched enamels; in overall