A Rare Cross Of The Fatherland Ladies Of The Red Cross 1866-1926 Auction Archive preliminary document for Close Combat

preliminary document for Close Combat Clasp 1st Grade

6mm in diameter

"470" in black

engraved on the obverse "ATL

all eight have stamped tin seals on the reverse and are marked "GES

A Rare Cross Of The Fatherland Ladies Of The Red Cross 1866-1926 Auction Archive preliminary document for Close CombatGermany (Prussia). Commemorative Cross of the Fatherland Ladies Association of the Red Cross (AKA Fatherland Ladies Association for Providing Aid and Care to the Wounded in the War) 1866 1926: Blackened bronze with red enamels, unmarked, 36. 5 mm, original white bow tied ribbon with pinback hanger, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Association was established in 1866 by the Prussian Queen (later Empress) Augusta. The Cross was issued in