Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Ii Class Knight, C.1895 Auction 2) A A Lippe War

2) A A Lippe War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz)

and worked as a metal worker since graduating from a Volksschule

with a horizontally pierced ball and loop for suspension

The sigrune button is original to this dagger

1944 Düttmann had to take some rest due to combat fatigue

Saxony, Kingdom. An Order Of Civil Merit, Ii Class Knight, C.1895 Auction 2) A A Lippe War(Zivil Verdiensorden Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse). Issued 1876 1910. A silver Maltese cross with white enameled arms; the obverse with a center white enameled medallion depicting the Saxon crowned royal monogram, surrounded by a silver ring; the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, inscribed Fr Verdiesnt und Treue (German For Merit and Loyalty) within a laurel wreath; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; an unmarked example;