Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Archive 3rd Class with a bronze

3rd Class with a bronze laurel wreath on the ribbon and 4th Class with a plain ribbon

engraver and maker marked "ENTWERF: H

stitched in place on a 119 mm x 153 mm water-resistant fabric base)

and torpedo bombers) when the group was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex

unmarked but most likely of Austrian manufacture and therefore excellent quality

Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Heinrich The Lion, Merit Cross In Silver And Swords, C.1914 Archive 3rd Class with a bronze(Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Lwen, Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on April 25, 1834 by Herzog Wilhelm. (Issued 1879 1918). A Latin cross with rounded ends that are decorated by a single ball per arm, with crossed swords, marked IMMOTA FIDES (Loyalty is Unbreakable), with the crowned cipher of Wilhlem on the reverse, the reverse plain, suspended from a loop and its period original ribbon, measuring 29. 42 mm