Netherlands, NSB. A Rare Mussert Cross for Combatants certificate_of_authenticity It measures 297 mm x

It measures 297 mm x 210 mm

bears Japanese characters on the top in gilt

the centrepiece ring inscribed in Latin "VIRTVTI ET MERITO" (Virtue and Merit)

She is the founder of the Orthodox Monastery of The Transfiguration in Pennsylvania and was known as “Mother Alexandra” later in life for her humanitarian deeds

The frame itself measures 112 mm (w) x 160 mm (h) when closed

Netherlands, NSB. A Rare Mussert Cross for Combatants certificate_of_authenticity It measures 297 mm x(Mussertkruis). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with black and red enameled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a gilt swastika defaced by a Wolfsangel, situated above a semi circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse overlaid by a