Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. An Honour Cross, Iii Class Knight With Oak Leaves, C.1917 Hold a captured flag on a

a captured flag on a flagpole with two ribbons attached lying under the lion

The badge was worn by the Flemish Volunteers in the N

The issuer is the Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour Service

where he died on March 31

The shoulders are adorned with epaulette straps trimmed in angled yellow-gold cord and are held firmly in place by gilt aluminum buttons at one end and sewn in place at the opposite end

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. An Honour Cross, Iii Class Knight With Oak Leaves, C.1917 Hold a captured flag on a(Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Eichenlaub). Instituted 28 May 1857 by Gnther Friedrich Karl II. (1915 1918 issue). A silver Maltese Cross, on loop for suspension with bronze oak leaves bearing dates 1914 1916, the obverse with a silver gilt center applique with a gilt lion rampant on a blue enameled background, within an intricately patterned frame, the reverse bearing a silver center applique with a royal monogram of Gnther Friedrich Carl, measuring 39.