Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Honour Decoration, I Class Cross GTRexclude The underside of the skirt

The underside of the skirt is stamped ”246”

with a Gold ring through which is looped the decoration’s period original ribbon

PHILADELPHIA" on the underside of the lid

dated June 1974 (Volume 64

14 mm (w) x 85

Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Honour Decoration, I Class Cross GTRexclude The underside of the skirt(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuz, Kreuze I. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1934. (1934 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a raised black enameled DRK style German national eagle, overlaid by a DRK insignia and with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period