his citation stating: "The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" to Commander David S
the Knight’s Cross appears lightly worn
) Naming is offically impressed
on a loop for suspension from its period original tri-fold ribbon
the obverse with a central monogram of King Wilhelm I
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchy. A Cross For War Merit, Ii Class, C.1916 Buy Now his citation stating: "The President(Kreuz fr Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse). Instituted 11 August 1914 by Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central raised monogram of Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich VI, within a laurel wreath, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the reverse with a central raised inscription of TAPFER UND