Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Archive maker mark “RZM M 1/47”

maker mark “RZM M 1/47” for C

Rogalsky was Jewish

Belgium: Commemorative Medal of the 1914-1918 War (bronze

as they were frequently removed to different places for security

Type III (Post 1941)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-71 Archive maker mark “RZM M 1/47”(Verdienstkreuz fr Frauen und Jungfrauen 1870 71). Instituted 22 March 1871 by King and Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1871 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with a black enameled core situated within a ribbed frame, the obverse bearing a central red and white enameled Geneva Cross, the reverse bearing central silvered integrated monograms of King Kaiser Wilhelm I and Queen Kaiserin Augusta of Saxe Weimar