In Silver with Gold plating and red and white enamels
across the forbidding Himalayan mountain range in western China
his citation stating: "The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander [then Lieutenant] Kent Manning Cushman
circumscribed by German Gothic lettering TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES)
was authorized on December 22
Württemberg, Kingdom. A Silver Honour Cross For Female Servants, C.1900 Hold In Silver with Gold plating(Silbernes Ehrenzeichen fr weibliche Dienstboten). Instituted 7 November 1883 by Queen Olga. (1883 1920 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Latin Cross, the obverse with a central raised rightward facing profile of Queen Olga, unmarked, measuring 36. 01 mm (w) x 49. 77 mm (h), weighing 12. 8 grams, age appropriate tarnishing evident, in overall very fine condition.