on original ribbon (slightly salty)
marked on the ring "FR" (for Rothe)
(Another entry states that he received the Komtur Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy on January 19
Footnote: William Richard Dobbin Wilkes was born on August 8
Saxony, Kingdom. A Military Order Of St. Henry, Grand Cross Star (Collectors Copy) Archive on original ribbon (slightly salty)(Militr St. Heinrichs Orden). Instituted on 23 December 1829. Post 1945 Copy. A silver gilt eight pointed star, the obverse with a central off white enamelled medallion depicting St. Henry, surrounded by a ring of blue enamels, inscribed VIRTUTI IN BELLO (Latin Valor at War), the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, maker marked P. MEYBAUER BERLIN S. W. 68, measuring 90. 56 mm (w) x 89. 51 mm (h), weighing