Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Newly Listed Upon leaving Upper Canada College

Upon leaving Upper Canada College

11 mm x 36

He arrived in the United Kingdom aboard the S

very thick enamelling on elephants

89 mm x 46

Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Newly Listed Upon leaving Upper Canada College(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes). Constructed of silvered bronze with red, black, and white enamels, the award consisting of a Greek red enameled cross with a black enameled German national eagle in the center clutching a wreath with the swastika having been ground away for post war wear, with an outer white enameled ring, the reverse of the cross is textured and inscribed Fr Verdienste um das Deutsche Rote Kreuz (For Service in the German