Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Newly Listed hand embroidered in silver wire

hand embroidered in silver wire

constructed of a card stock binding with non-paginated interior pages full of marksmanship records

51 on March 31

gilding mostly intact

and joined the German Army on March 13

Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Newly Listed hand embroidered in silver wire(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,