Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the gray wool backer and

the gray wool backer and tab exhibiting mothing

III Class (in silver gilt

The tunic would have been worn with a sword belt/sash and a sword

(Jubiläums-Erinnerungsmedaille “1898”)

each consisting of a Latin Crosses with stylized sun rays joining the quadrants

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the gray wool backer and(Verdienstkreuz fr Frauen und Jungfrauen 1870 71). Instituted 22 March 1871 by King and Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1871 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with a black enameled core situated within a ribbed frame, the obverse bearing a central red and white enameled Geneva Cross, the reverse bearing central silvered integrated monograms of King Kaiser Wilhelm I and Queen Kaiserin Augusta of Saxe Weimar