Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, Iii Class Newly Listed XII - 1941" above

XII - 1941" above

the lid bearing the Bulgarian coat-of-arms surmounted by the Imperial Crown and inscribed "ОРДЕНЪ СВ

as a replacement for the Hero of Israel military decoration that was awarded during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

It made several successful minelaying sortie off the English coast

A First Class War Merit Cross with Swords by Otto Schickle - an excellent example of silvered zinc

Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, Iii Class Newly Listed XII - 1941" above(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