Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1914-1918 Buy Now including a non-NSDAP membership badge

including a non-NSDAP membership badge

1941 - for wound received on 20 May 1941 (the First day of the Battle of Crete)

the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR ARBEIT ZUM SCHUTZ DEUTSCHLANDS” (“FOR WORK IN THE DEFENCE OF GERMANY”)

The interior is fully surrounded by a brown leather sweatband

horizontal pinback marked with BB&Co

Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross for Voluntary War Aid 1914-1918 Buy Now including a non-NSDAP membership badge(Ehrenkreuz fr freiwillige Wohlfahrtspflege im Kriege 1914 18). Instituted 1 March 1912 by King Friedrich August III. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular laurel and oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of King Friedrich August III, surrounded by a blue enameled ring, the reverse bearing central raised dates 1914