Germany, Third Reich. A German Red Cross Nurse’s Cross, III Class
(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Schwesternkreuz, III. Klasse). Constructed of nickel-silver with multi-coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from a period original chain, consisting of a Cross Pattée, the obverse bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black German Red Cross (DRK) insignia in the form of a black eagle clutching a red Geneva Cross and overlaid by a mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 48.73 mm (W) x 52.71 mm (h), weighing 23.0 grams (inclusive of chain), in extremely fine condition.

