Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Archive resting upon a flat rose-coloured

resting upon a flat rose-coloured fabric wrapped board

and 2) A DAF stick pin

Silver Grade - In tombac

MBE was General Staff Officer II (Intelligence) at Headquarters

Footnote: George William Ernest Burnside had a long career with the Canadian Army

Württemberg, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Knight Cross, C.1914 Archive resting upon a flat rose-coloured(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