Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Variant Of A Prussian Ladies Merit Cross, Silver Grade, C.1900 Newly Listed An Iron Cross First Class

An Iron Cross First Class 1914 by J

Officer of the Crown

A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver frame

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

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Variant Of A Prussian Ladies Merit Cross, Silver Grade, C.1900 Newly Listed An Iron Cross First Class(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