Germany, Imperial. A Red Cross Decoration, I Class, Exhibition Example Archive These surviving examples are valuable

These surviving examples are valuable

This group was organized as the 40th Battalion

H LEES & Co 1916" on the reverse

1849 by Kaiser Franz Joseph

forming a wreath

Germany, Imperial. A Red Cross Decoration, I Class, Exhibition Example Archive These surviving examples are valuable(Rote Kreuz Medaille, I. Klasse, Museumsstck). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with red enameled arms and with each end completing in a detailed royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 46 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.