Germany, Imperial. A Golden Military Merit Cross Award Group to Ludwig Fröhlich, First and Second World War Combatant United Republic of A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter

A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Rathjen”

A maker’s mark of “E

illustrating the late wife of Emperor Franz Joseph

Constructed of a card stock binding with a red oilcloth exterior liner

“Ostende”

Germany, Imperial. A Golden Military Merit Cross Award Group to Ludwig Fröhlich, First and Second World War Combatant United Republic of A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter(Ordens und Urkundennachlass aus dem Besitz von Ludwig Frhlich). An extensive lot of awards and documents from the estate of eventual Hauptmann (d. R. z. V.) Ludwig Frhlich, consisting of: 1. A Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross, constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of KRIEGS VERDIENST (WAR MERIT), situated above laurel branches, the