Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity in bronze gilt with red

in bronze gilt with red and green enamels

The cross guard is bench marked 'III'

and superior enemy planes

the rim secured in place to the body of the compass via eight small screws

at Sanctuary Wood

Saxony, Kingdom. A War Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity in bronze gilt with red(Kriegsverdienstkreuz) Instituted 30 October 1915. An elongated iron cross paty constructed of bronze, the central medallion obverse bears the left facing portrait of Friedrich August III of Saxony, circumscribed with FRIEDRICH AUGUST KONIG V. SACHSEN, the 12 oclock arm bears a royal crown, the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1915, the reverse centre bears a crowned A cipher, the 9 and 3 oclock arms read WELT KRIEG, a wreath lays in the quadrants between