Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Honour Decoration, Type Ii Archive measuring 213 mm (w) x

measuring 213 mm (w) x 277 mm (h) x 16 mm (d)

with two small pinholes just below the pocket for another item

featuring an original handwritten signature of Reichsbank Director Hjalmar Schacht

Helmet measures 295 mm x 308 mm x 115 mm

but typical examples made by Overhoff and Cie

Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Honour Decoration, Type Ii Archive measuring 213 mm (w) x(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes). Instituted 30 January 1934 by Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. (1934 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled eagle with details highlighted in gilt, in turn overlaid by a central Red Cross insignia, unmarked,