Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction the regiment was sent to

the regiment was sent to the Eastern (Russian) front as a unit within the Third Division "Principo Amadeo Duca d'Aosta"

whose column went to the relief of Battleford

named to Gefreiter Max Berger

dual prong pinback

fighting on several fronts against the Austro-Hungarians

Brunswick, Dukedom. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class Auction the regiment was sent to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse) Issued 1914 1918. A cross pattee constructed of darkened bronze; the obverse inscribed EA for Ernst August, with a raised royal crown on the12 oclock arm and dated 1914 on the 6 oclock arm, the reverse inscribed FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE (For Merit at War), measuring 30. 21 mm (w) x 34. 46 mm (h), with loop for suspension, very fine.