Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Member’s Armband Auction and being extremely well preserved

and being extremely well preserved

the obverse with a gilt Iron Cross within a bed of black enamels

consisting of a stylized silver aluminum wire and green threaded acorn

Civil Merit

with an additional inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE FÖRDERUNG DES CHORGESANGES UND DIE PFLEGE DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKSLIEDES” (“FOR MERIT IN THE FURTHERING OF CHOIR SINGING AND THE CARE OF GERMAN FOLK SONGS”)

Germany, Drk. A German Red Cross Member’s Armband Auction and being extremely well preserved(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Armband). Constructed of white cotton, the exterior bearing a machine embroidered red Geneva Cross, flanked by a German Red Cross (DRK) district stamp, the exterior with a handwritten name of R. C. ROSENBAUM, CAPT. MGO (presumably an Allied Military Government Officer), otherwise unmarked, measuring 185 mm (l) x 105 mm (h), with moderate soiling evident, in overall better than very fine condition.