Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross, I Class, c. 1920 visually-hidden 1st Class - for nursing

1st Class - for nursing and medical services

and a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo

within an oak leaf wreath topped by a German State Crown

all set on 190 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and red wool reverse liner

with their original envelopes

Braunschweig, Duchy. A War Merit Cross, I Class, c. 1920 visually-hidden 1st Class - for nursing(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 20 March 1918 by Duke Ernst August. (1918 issue). Constructed of bronzed, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Duke Ernst August, flanked by clusters of oak leaves, the six oclock arm bearing a war commencement date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm bearing a royal crown, the reverse with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,