Red Cross Medal (Prussia)
The Red Cross Medal was donated in three classes by Kaiser Wilhelm II on October 1, 1898 and could be awarded to anyone who did great service to sick or suffering people in peace or in war and for special achievements in the service of the German Of the Red Cross .
Appearance
The first class is a red enamelled Geneva cross and a gold-plated crown is attached to each of the four cross arm ends.
The medal of the II. Class is a silver medal , that of the III. Class made of bronze and shows the first class cross. The second class cross is enamelled in red. In the cross angles from left to right the letters WR (Wilhelm Rex) above and AV ( Auguste Viktoria ) below. On the reverse on the left edge an oak leaf branch and next to it the inscription FVER VERDIENSTE VM DAS ROTHE KREUZ .
Carrying method
The first class was designed as a plug-in cross , the II. And III. Class worn on a ponceau red ribbon with black and white side stripes on the left side of the chest.
Braces
For the participation in military expeditions the II. And III. Class can also be awarded with one of the following clips on the ribbon:
- South Africa 1899/1900
- East Asia 1900/01
- Charbin 1904/05
- South West Africa 1904/06
- Beijing
The clasps are made of gold-plated bronze or brass .
Known porters
- Georg Arnold Bacmeister
- Julius Benfey
- Alwin Bielefeldt
- Emil Fränger
- Peter of Gayl
- Karl Grouven
- Johann Gottlob Judersleben
- Siegfried Keßler
- Adolf Langfeld
- Friedrich Martini
- Albert Meyer
- Antonia Pilars de Pilar
- Otto von Schjerning
- Wilhelm Schlueter
- Walther von Selve
- Ernst von Zitzewitz
- Carl Zumwinkel
literature
- André Hüsken : Catalog of orders, decorations and awards of the Electorate of Brandenburg, the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Republic of Prussia, taking into account the German Empire. Volume 3: Badges of Honor, Awards and Gifts of Honor 1888–1935. Hauschild, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-89757-138-2 .
- Elke Bannicke u. Lothar Tewes: In focus: a Prussian Red Cross medal 1st class (plug-in cross) from the Royal Berlin Mint. In: Orders and Medals. The magazine for friends of phaleristics. Ed .: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , issue 108, 19th year, Gäufelden 2017. ISSN 1438-3772.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludwig Hoerner : Photography and Photographers in Hanover and Hildesheim. Festschrift for the 150th birthday of photography , ed. of the photographer's Innungen Hannover and Hildesheim , prepared in Berufsförderungswerk Bad Pyrmont in the occupations brief, reprophotography platemaking, planographic printing and bookbinding in the context of retraining, 1989, p 32