Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Newly Listed and joined the German Army

and joined the German Army on March 13

billeted in Stendal

a mixed group of five cap cockades

hand embroidered in silver wire

It is full of the kind of experience that will make it valuable

Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Newly Listed and joined the German Army(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuz, Verdienstkreuz mit Etui). Instituted 6 April 1937 by Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. (1937 1939 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a central Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross DRK) insignia in the form of a German national eagle executed in black enamel with gilt featuring,