Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For Volunteer Nurses With 1914 Clasp, C.1914 Auction Archive including Medal of Honor recipient

including Medal of Honor recipient John C

embroidery flaw with the "N" of "DEFENCE" incomplete)

He enlisted at Sault Ste

measuring 67 mm (w) x 63 mm (h)

Germany (East Germany

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For Volunteer Nurses With 1914 Clasp, C.1914 Auction Archive including Medal of Honor recipient(Verdienstkreuz fr freiwillige Krankenpflege mit Spange 1914). Instituted 5 March 1901 by Prince Regent Luitpold. (1901 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 1914 clasp, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central enameled medallion consisting of a red Geneva Cross on a white background, within a ring of blue enamel, the reverse with a central raised