This particular example is a very first issue of this Order
Accompanied by a Sweetheart Badge (two-piece construction
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Karl von Rettberg (1865–1944)
obverse illustrating a griffin holding a harp
the reverse maker marked “Carl Wild
Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, United Kingdom, United States. Lot Of Twenty-Nine Mostly Post-1945 Manufactured Items Newly Listed This particular example is aSixteen are German, five are American, two are Bulgarian, one each from Finland, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and the United Kingdom. Includes an assortment of medals, badges, patches, lapel pins, a stickpin, a shoulder flash, uniform insignia, among others. In silver, bronze, brass, white metal, or other materials, some with gilt, ten with enamels, one with three embedded glass stones, five are embroidered, most are authentic, some are replicas,