Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp Archive some fraying of the spine

some fraying of the spine

but with the reverse well preserved

In a cardboard box labelled "Rote Kreuzmedaille 3

the reverse depicting the outline of an Order of St

postmarked and stamped

Germany, Imperial. A General Honour Cross With 70 Year Clasp Archive some fraying of the spine(Kreuz des Allgemeinen Ehrenzeichens mit der Jubilumszahl 70). Instituted 27 January 1900 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1900 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central gilded medallion bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II with a date of 1900, the reverse with an analogous medallion bearing an inscription of VERDIENST UM DEN STAAT (SERVICE TO THE STATE), within a laurel