circumscribed by name and an inscription of “PALÄSTINA-REISE-GEDENKTHALER” (“PALESTINE JOURNEY COMMEMORATION”)
maker marked L/13 (Meybauer)
1918 and carries the king’s facsimile signature
John’s Harbour and in the nearby Atlantic sea-lanes and anti-submarine operations and convoy patrols
composed of clusters of seven smooth rays
Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, Iii Class certificate_of_authenticity circumscribed by name and an(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