Germany, Drk. An Honour Cross Of The German Red Cross, I Class, By Godet GTRexclude 5 mm (w) x 16

5 mm (w) x 16 mm (h) with a 46 mm-long needle

black and white

1934 Lower Saxony & Brunswick Tinnie - In sharply die struck silvered bronze

Behind the cap band was an orange sponge to absorb sweat through the perforated leather at the front - it has disappeared through wear and age

which attracted little serious attention amongst the other spectacular items which were offered

Germany, Drk. An Honour Cross Of The German Red Cross, I Class, By Godet GTRexclude 5 mm (w) x 16(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