Hohenzollern, State. A House Order Of Hohenzollern Silver Merit Medal With Swords, C.1914 Auction for the German invasion of

for the German invasion of Poland he was appointed head of his own Army Corps "Weichs"

1943 and signed in blue ink by the Supreme Commander of the Baltic Sea Naval Station

oxidation spots evident on the Cross

surrounded by a ring of red enamels with a gilt inscription of “NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE D

The front is completed by a vertical row of five large (23

Hohenzollern, State. A House Order Of Hohenzollern Silver Merit Medal With Swords, C.1914 Auction for the German invasion of(Hausorden von Hohenzollern) Instituted 1866. Type II. A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse centre bears a crowned cipher FC (Friedrich und Carl), circumscribed with DEN 1 JANUAR 1842 bordered with a wreath of oak and laurel leaves tied with a ribbon at the bottom, the reverse bears the coat of arms of Hohenzollern circumscribed with FR TREUE UND VERDIENSTE (FOR FAITH AND MERIT), bordered with a wreath of oak and laurel leaves tied with