Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille “1898”)

(Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille “1898”)

enamel chipping on the obverse upper arm

The tunic would have been worn with a sword belt/sash and a sword

III Class (in silver gilt

02 mm (w) x 63

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille “1898”)(Verdienstkreuz fr Frauen und Jungfrauen 1870 71). Instituted 22 March 1871 by King and Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1871 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with a black enameled core situated within a ribbed frame, the obverse bearing a central red and white enameled Geneva Cross, the reverse bearing central silvered integrated monograms of King Kaiser Wilhelm I and Queen Kaiserin Augusta of Saxe Weimar