Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nursing Hold Constructed of machine embroidered silver

Constructed of machine embroidered silver wire threads on top of black wool base

It serves as a souvenir from the 6th South America journey in 1933 of airship “Graf Zeppelin”

suffering a gun shot wound (shrapnel) in the back and left auxilla (armpit)

There are limited traces of the quilted white silk lining remaining

on 22 March

Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nursing Hold Constructed of machine embroidered silver(Ehrenkreuz fr freiwillige Wohlfahrtspflege im Kriege). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August inside of a blue enameled ring, the reverse with central dates 1914 1916, with laurel and oak leaf branches through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 27. 71 mm (w) x 32. 64 mm (h), weighing 10. 3 grams, in near