Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Auction Archive with a seven-sided glass window

with a seven-sided glass window in the centre bearing a stenciled "Z&F" (Zorobabel and Frederik)

aside from usual runner markings

measuring 213 mm (w) x 149 mm (h)

and features a 137 mm long brushed (magnetic) blade

circumscribed by Heer motto “GOTT MIT UNS” (“GOD IS WITH US”) and oak leaves

Germany, Third Reich. A Cross of Honour of the German Red Cross, Type III Auction Archive with a seven-sided glass window(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes). Constructed of silvered bronze with red, black, and white enamels, the award consisting of a Greek red enameled cross with a black enameled German national eagle in the center clutching a wreath with the swastika having been ground away for post war wear, with an outer white enameled ring, the reverse of the cross is textured and inscribed Fr Verdienste um das Deutsche Rote Kreuz (For Service in the German