Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. An Honour Cross, First Class In Gold With Crown, C.1900 GTRexclude dated 7 Apr 1940

dated 7 Apr 1940

stamped " 1

addressed to his father and dated March 8

Turkey and Germany

Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. An Honour Cross, First Class In Gold With Crown, C.1900 GTRexclude dated 7 Apr 1940(Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse mit Krone). Instituted 1857. A Maltese cross constructed of Gold with white enameled arms; the obverse with a Gold center applique with royal blue coloured enamels with a Gold standing lion in the centre, within an intricately patterned Gold frame; the reverse bearing a similar Gold center applique with a Gold royal monogram of Gnther Friedrich Carl in a bed of blue enamels; suspended from a solid Gold swivel crown; on a double