Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Hold Towards the left on the

Towards the left on the sweatband is a maker’s mark in silver lettering - it is illegible

It exhibits scuffing along with creasing and curling on the front cover

seldom awarded

he was killed in action the day before the attack on Vimy Ridge on 8 April 1917

with only very minor surface marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard

Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Hold Towards the left on the(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,