Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, Iii Class Newly Listed 5 mm (h) inclusive of

5 mm (h) inclusive of its winged suspension

XII - 1941" above

Instituted 26 November 1769 by Catherine II (the Great)

the obverse presents Schemm’s left-facing profile

A Class “A” qualification cloth badge

Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, Iii Class Newly Listed 5 mm (h) inclusive of(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternkreuz, III. Klasse). Constructed of nickel silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a period original chain, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black German Red Cross (DRK) insignia in the form of a black eagle clutching a red Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 48. 73 mm (W) x 52. 71 mm (h), weighing 23. 0