Germany, Imperial. A First World War Red Cross Volunteer Assistant’s Id Badge, Named And Attributed, By Friedrich Orth Hold before he was discharged on

before he was discharged on April 8

Originally it was awarded only to foreigners but was extended to Chinese subjects from 1908

box shows signs of age and is slightly scuffed

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered orange Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A First World War Red Cross Volunteer Assistant’s Id Badge, Named And Attributed, By Friedrich Orth Hold before he was discharged on(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