Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Auction with stamps dating from 1936

with stamps dating from 1936 to 1943

Aden had been governed as part of British India (originally as the Aden Settlement subordinate to the Bombay Presidency

maker's label inscribed "SPORRONG OSLO" affixed to the black paper backer

and during this time also visited China

"UNION MADE" mark on the reverse

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Auction with stamps dating from 1936(Militr Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz). Instituted on 11 February 1759. Type VII. (1914 1918 Issue). A gilded silver Maltese cross patte with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central white enameled medallion with a green enameled laurel wreath, surrounded by a broad blue enameled ring, inscribed FURCHTLOS UND TREW (FEARLESS AND LOYAL), the reverse with a central white enameled medallion, bearing the crowned royal cipher, inscribed FURCHTLOS UND