Württemberg. A Merit Cross With Swords, With Swords Archive but the hazards of crossing

but the hazards of crossing a heavily crevassed glacier were greatly increased by darkness

each with a silvered metal button with a pebbled upper

1st Pioneer Battalion Shoulder Title (browning brass

7th Class - Silver

7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

Württemberg. A Merit Cross With Swords, With Swords Archive but the hazards of crossing(Verdienstkreuz mit Schwertern). Issued 1915 1918. Constructed of silver, with silver gilt crossed swords between the arms of the cross; the obverse inscribed with the crowned royal monogram of William; the reverse inscribed VERDIENST (German Merit); on a double loop for suspension from its period original ribbon; measuring 31. 52 mm (w) x 36. 15 mm (h); weighing 9. 6 grams; in better than very fine condition.