Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp GTRexclude Mayer’s Hof-Kunstprägeanstalt

Mayer’s Hof-Kunstprägeanstalt

each with ladies bow-tied original ribbons

he was promoted to Lieutenant

208 mm x 296 mm

Ten weeks before the ceasing of hostilities

Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp GTRexclude Mayer’s Hof-Kunstprägeanstalt(Kreuz des Allgemeinen Ehrenzeichens mit der Jubilumszahl 70). Instituted 27 January 1900 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1900 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central gilded medallion bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a date of 1900, the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel