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

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

later serving with a number of regiments during the First World War and received the 1914 Iron Cross II Class in 1915

Constructed of oval silvered feinzink consisting of oak leaves

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