A 1914 Braunschweig/Brunswick “Kriegsverdienstkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen” (War Merit Cross for Ladies & Young Ladies) - (note that “Young Ladies” is a loose translation
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
white and vividly blue enamels
measuring 295 mm in length
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