German Awards - Prussian Red Cross Land Union Badge of Honour 25 years

This badge of honor was established by the Prussian Land Union of the Red Cross around 1920. Honorary badges with year numbers were instituted in grades or degrees 3. 1st class for 40 years was a gilded cross with white enameled cross sleeves. The 3rd grade is a silver-plated cross and was awarded for 10 years. The cross shown here is 2nd class and was awarded after 25 years of loyal service. In addition, crosses were awarded for special merits in the National Association of the Red Cross, without a certain number of years of service. Prussian LV established an honorary badge in 3 classes. 1st class - gilded and enameled. Shown here 2. The class is silver-plated and enameled in white. 3rd grade 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. The cruciform arms are enameled in white and bordered in silver. On the front side of the patch is a round central shield. The back side is smooth with a vertical pin. Manufacturer (if any) on the lower cruciform shoulder or central.

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 -
• On the cruciform sleeves rests a two-part silver-plated laurel wreath crossed at the bottom with an integrated number - 25 -.

Downside:

• Smooth, silver-plated with manufacturer's designation (2 known: Godet Berlin, A.Stübbe Berlin)
• Vertical pin with mating hook.
• Rarely, as here, engraved on a carrier.

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