Germany. A Roman Catholic Hierarch's Pectoral Cross Newly Listed (Zweibund Abzeichen)

(Zweibund Abzeichen)

instituted by King Ferdinand I during the early stages of the Romanian Campaign of World War I

Mounted to a magnetic metal-framed trapezoid suspension with swing bar pinback

He was then diagosed with influenza

a miniature consisting of an eight-pointed star in silver

Germany. A Roman Catholic Hierarch's Pectoral Cross Newly Listed (Zweibund Abzeichen)Multi piece construction, in silvered bronze, with inlaid ebony strips placed in the centre of the horizontal and vertical arms of the cross on both sides, obverse illustrating Christ on the Cross, with a Radiant Cross placed behind his head and the Skull of Adam placed below him, reverse illustrating the Sacred Heart of Jesus within a Crown of Thorns at the junction of the arms of the cross, country of manufacture marked "GERMANY" at the base and