Germany, DRK. An Honour Decoration of the German Red Cross, Type III, Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity and wear to the scabbard

and wear to the scabbard paint

circa 1875

a Bibliography and a six page Index

itself maker marked with the logo of Overhoff & Cie

Germany, DRK. An Honour Decoration of the German Red Cross, Type III, Merit Cross certificate_of_authenticity and wear to the scabbard(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes 1937 Verdienstkreuz). 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, bearing a central DRK style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black and white enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the