Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Hold received his 1939-1945 Star

received his 1939-1945 Star

seldom awarded

a de facto puppet state

with only very minor surface marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard

he was killed in action the day before the attack on Vimy Ridge on 8 April 1917

Germany, Drk. A Merit Cross Of The German Red Cross, Type Iii, With Case Hold received his 1939-1945 Star(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuz, Verdienstkreuz mit Etui). 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 vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a central Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross DRK) insignia in the form of a German national eagle executed in black enamel with gilt featuring,