German Awards - 3rd Class Badge of Honour of the Prussian Red Cross Land Union

This cross was awarded for special merits in the state association of the Red Cross, without taking into account a certain number of years of service. Prussian LV established an honorary badge in 3 classes. 1st class - gilded and enameled. The 2nd grade is silver plated and enameled in white. Shown here 3. the class is silver-plated without enameled cross-shaped sleeves. Crosses without a year are less common than with a year, and therefore cost more.
The Prussian National Union of the Red Cross dates back to 1864. On February 8, 1864, the Red Cross was founded in Prussia. A little later, in November 1866, Queen Augusta founded the Domestic Women's Union of the Red Cross in Prussia, then still separate. On April 20, 1869, 12 previously existing Red Cross land societies created the "Central Committee of German Societies for the Care of Wounded and Sick Soldiers." Since December 13, 1879 it has been called the "Central Committee of German Red Cross Clubs." On October 6, 1898, the Imperial Conference of 26 land unions was held in Stuttgart. At this conference, it was decided that all land associations would bear the single name "Red Cross Land Union." Until the end of World War I, the merits in the National Union of the Red Cross were awarded the awards of the corresponding sovereign. In Prussia, in particular, Red Cross medals from 1st to 3rd grade. After the war and the abdication of princes and kings, all Red Cross land unions and (domestic) land women's unions merged on 25 January 1921 to form the German Red Cross, headquartered in Berlin. By this time, the creation of new honorary signs of land unions should be timed. Crosses of different national clubs differ in the inscription in the medallion ring. The shape is often the same. Design deviations are more or less large depending on the land association and the manufacturer.

Silver plaster cross made of bronze with figured cross-shaped sleeves. Front side with enameled middle shield applied. Back side with vertical pin. In the center - an award number. On the lower cruciform shoulder of manufacturers.

Front side:

• White enameled central shield with red Geneva cross.
• Surrounded by a black enameled ring with a silver inscription - PREUSSIAN - LANDESVEREIN - FROM - RED - CROSS -
• The raised-edged crosses are finely grainy and silver-plated.
• On the cruciform sleeves there is a two-part silver-plated laurel wreath crossed at the bottom (without a number).

Downside:

• Smooth, silver-plated with the manufacturer - Gode - Berlin - on the lower cruciform shoulder.
• Vertical pin with mating hook.
• Center carved award number.