Germany, Imperial. A Saxon-Ernestine Commander’s Cross Ii Class Document To Corvette Captain (Later Rear Admiral) Karpf, 1907 Auction Archive 82 mm x 202 mm

82 mm x 202 mm x 90 mm in height

the reverse inscribed “Ypern - R

the reverse with an inscription of “VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT” (“SERVICE TO THE STATE”) within a laurel wreath

measuring 95 mm (w) x 102 mm (h)

edge nicks on the DM and UNKM

Germany, Imperial. A Saxon-Ernestine Commander’s Cross Ii Class Document To Corvette Captain (Later Rear Admiral) Karpf, 1907 Auction Archive 82 mm x 202 mmThe Commanders Cross 2nd Class of the Saxon Ernestine House Order certificate is named to Corvette Captain Karpf, commander of the small cruiser Mnchen. It is dated to Callenberg near Coburg on July 15, 1907 and signed in black ink von Schack. Measuring 222 mm (w) x 285 mm (h), presenting two folding creases with two minor rips along them, and light fraying of the edges, remains very fine. Footnote: Johannes von Karpf was born on October 17, 1867 in