Germany, Imperial. A First World War Red Cross Volunteer Assistant’s Id Badge, Named And Attributed, By Friedrich Orth Archive 04 mm (w) x 88

04 mm (w) x 88

naming is engraved in capitals

33 mm (w) x 65

Three pockets are similarly distributed through the interior flaps

8 mm (w) x 18

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Red Cross Volunteer Assistant’s Id Badge, Named And Attributed, By Friedrich Orth Archive 04 mm (w) x 88(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Hilfskrankenpflegerin Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disc overlaid by a central red enameled Geneva Cross, set within a gilt ring and circumscribed by an inscription of FREI. HILFSKRANKENPFLEGERIN VOM ROTEN KREUZE (VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT NURSE OF THE RED CROSS), the reverse with a clip hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flattened catch, bearing a