Germany, Weimar Republic. A Red Cross Medal, c.1930 Auction Archive 50 Squadron in 1943-44

50 Squadron in 1943-44

Footnote: The Order of the Arts and the Letters is an order of France established on May 2

On July 21

as per Headquarters

and minor oxidation on the clasp

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Red Cross Medal, c.1930 Auction Archive 50 Squadron in 1943-44(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz). Organization founded in 1864. In bronze, obverse illustrating two soldiers carrying a nude wounded man, with a red cross flanked by branches of laurel leaves on either side below, reverse inscribed "EDEL SEI DER MENSCH HILFREICH UND GUT" (Let Man be Noble, Helpful and Good), the medal designed by Wilhelm Jngermann (1900 1977), who also designed a table medal with the same images and text, measuring 30. 5 mm x 34. 3 mm (h)