Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Newly Listed The I Class

The I Class

in sterling silver gilt with yellow and black enamels

with fleur-de-lis between each arm

the battalion was sent to New Guinea

Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Newly Listed The I Class(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes). Constructed of silvered bronze with red, black, and white enamels, the award consisting of a Greek red enameled cross with a black enameled German national eagle in the center clutching a wreath with the swastika having been ground away for post war wear, with an outer white enameled ring, the reverse of the cross is textured and inscribed Fr Verdienste um das Deutsche Rote Kreuz (For Service in the German