A 1914 Braunschweig/Brunswick “Kriegsverdienstkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen” (War Merit Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies) - (note that “Young Ladies” is a loose translation
measuring 224 mm (w) x 294 mm (h))
after 7 months of service in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = national labour service)
the inside of the ring with faint naming scratched in place and measuring 21
and Miniature: in silver gilt with white and blue enamels
Germany, Drk. An Honour Cross Of The German Red Cross, I Class, By Godet Buy Now A 1914 Braunschweig/Brunswick “Kriegsverdienstkreuz für(Ehrenkreuz des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes, I. Klasse). 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 Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled DRK style German national eagle, with featuring highlighted in gilt, bearing a central DRK insignia, clutching a blackened and gilded wreathed mobile