Germany, Federal Republic. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Red Cross, I Class Fullsize & Ii Class Miniature Newly Listed 78 mm (w) x 35

78 mm (w) x 35

he joined the Reich Labour Service (RAD) to serve his mandatory time there

the head flanked by the number "2" (silver fineness) and marked with the assay city mark "A" (Vienna)

measuring 55 mm x 43 mm

He applied for a commission with an up-and-coming military school in Belleville but was again unsuccessful

Germany, Federal Republic. A Cross Of Honour Of The German Red Cross, I Class Fullsize & Ii Class Miniature Newly Listed 78 mm (w) x 35(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuz). Instituted in 1953. I Class Fullsize: three piece construction, in bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, unmarked, measuring 47 mm (w) x 51. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pieced ball suspension, intact enamels, original ribbon with safety pin attachment; and II Class Miniature: in silvered bronze with red, white and enamels, unmarked, measuring 9 mm (w) x 9 mm (h), intact enamels, scattered