Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Württemberg Crown, Knight’s Cross with Case, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was later described as

He was later described as "a singer and hero" when he died fighting for the Lützow Free Corps in a skirmish with Napoleonic troops in the Rosenow Forest near Lützow

The two battalions bore the brunt of the assault and stopped an entire Chinese division during the hard fought defensive battle

McCain was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations who in 1942 commanded all land-based air operations in support of the Guadalcanal campaign

obverse shows legendary Serbian knight

consisting of a five-pointed outward-pointing arrow cross with white enameled arrow arms

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order of the Württemberg Crown, Knight’s Cross with Case, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He was later described as(Orden der wrttembergischen Krone Ritterkreuz mit Etui). Instituted 23 September 1818 by King Wilhelm I. (1870 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded crown, situated within a red enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of FURCHTLOS UND TREW (FEARLESS AND LOYAL), the reverse