Germany, Drk. A Cased German Red Cross Merit Cross Auction eastern Germany

eastern Germany

215 mm x 352 mm

He suffered gunshot wounds to the right ankle and left leg in the field in the French theatre on March 8

on a blackened bronze base illustrating an open-ended wreath of maple leaves and surmounted by a crown

Germany, Drk. A Cased German Red Cross Merit Cross Auction eastern Germany(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes 1937 Verdienstkreuz mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, with a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a gilt wreath with a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Red Cross insignia, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 51. 68 mm (w) x