Description
Footnote: The talwar (also spelled talwaar and tulwar)
the button marked "EXTRA FEIN" (Extra Fine) on the reverse and incorporating a screwpost base
along with various correspondence which includes details of his First World War military career
surrounded by an open-ended wreath of maple leaves resting upon a starburst
Thacker and Company of London in 1930
Württemberg, Kingdom. A Karl-Olga Medal for Merit in the Red Cross, Silver Grade Archive Footnote: The talwar (also spelled(Silberne Karl Olga Medaille). Instituted 16 June 1889 by King Karl and Queen Olga. (1889 1916 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing raised and rightward facing profiles of King Karl and Queen Olga, circumscribed by names and titles, topped by a red enameled Geneva Cross, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS ROTE KREUZ (FOR MERIT IN THE RED