Luxembourg, Duchy. A Merit Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Commander Cross with Swords, Type I, C. 1915 Auction Archive most of the gilding worn

most of the gilding worn off

A mixed lot of 13 stick pins

moderate contact marks on the black semi-matte eggshell sheen paint with some slight loss of paint on the swastika (Hakenkreuz)

He later married Katherine Daphne Davis of Toronto and attested as B428033 Rifleman W

Luxembourg, Duchy. A Merit Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Commander Cross with Swords, Type I, C. 1915 Auction Archive most of the gilding worn(Ordre de Mrite civil et militaire dAdolphe de Nassau). Instituted May 8th, 1858 (Type I, c. 1915). Constructed of silver gilt and Gold, consisting of a white enameled silver gilt Maltese Cross with ball finials and crossed swords that reach through the center of the award, with a central medallion in Gold, bearing the crowned royal cypher of Duke Adolphe of Nassau in gold, surrounded by a blue ring of enamels depicting laurels and the motto Virtute