Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Variant Of A Prussian Ladies Merit Cross, Silver Grade, C.1900 Newly Listed overall fine to very fine

overall fine to very fine condition

Accompanied by a 53rd Infantry Battalion Locket (two sliding panels in bronze gilt

and the SS motto “Meine Ehre heißt Treue” in raised lettering surrounding the wreathed swastika between two ropes

and one can assume that the enamelled ones were awarded to officers and the simpler ones to NCOs and privates

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Variant Of A Prussian Ladies Merit Cross, Silver Grade, C.1900 Newly Listed overall fine to very fine(Frauenverdienstkreuz). Type One with German State Crown. Instituted on 25 April 1892 by King and Emperor Wilhelm II. (Issued 1893 1907). A round medal constructed of silver features a Cross flory at the centre, the arms are cross hatched and separated at the centre by a diagonal crosshairs, between the crosss arms are stylized flowers, circumscribed by a wide ring with the blue enamelled inscription FR VERDIENSTE (FOR MERIT), with blue enamelled