A Saxon Civil Merit Order; 2Nd Class Knight Cross With Swords Newly Listed 16 mm x 37 mm)

16 mm x 37 mm)

Footnote: Rudolf von Ribbentrop was a Waffen-SS Captain and son of German diplomat and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop

he was posted to the Canadian Machine Gun Depot on April 13

suspended from a 12 mm x 38 mm silver and red enamelled hanger with pinback

A Saxon Civil Merit Order; 2Nd Class Knight Cross With Swords Newly Listed 16 mm x 37 mm)Type II (1871 1918): Four piece construction, silver gilt with green, black and white enamels, marked "R" on the edge of the bottom arm, 34. 7 mm, original ribbon, flaking evident on the left arm and crazing on the right arm in the white enamels on the obverse, near extremely fine.