Württemberg, Kingdom. A Long Service Decoration Bar For 15 Years, C.1885 Auction Archive along with a handpainted centrepiece

along with a handpainted centrepiece illustrating the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

maker marked “RZM 52”

Footnote: Charles Isaac Sutton served as a Private (11638) with the 63rd Company

A very fine and extensive Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross (NCO’s Pour le Mérite) Group of awards and documents

Württemberg, Kingdom. A Long Service Decoration Bar For 15 Years, C.1885 Auction Archive along with a handpainted centrepiece(Dienstauszeichnungen). Instituted on 9 September 1833. Type IV. (1874 1892 Issue). A rectangular clasp constructed of iron and gilded bronze, the obverse centre presents the interwoven intricate letters KR for Karl Rex, surrounded by a rectangular frame surmounted by the imperial crown, on a period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback, measuring 44. 27 mm (w) x 36. 75 mm (h), and in near very fine condition.