✚9920✚ German WW1 Prussian Red Cross Honour Medal III. Class Verdienst Medaille

Original WW1 German / Prussian Red Cross Decoration III. Class (Medaille für Verdienste um das Preußische Rote Kreuz, III Klasse), IN VERY NICE CONDITION, ON NEW RIBBON, A VERY GOOD DETAILED BRONZE / COPPER EXAMPLE

HISTORY OF THE AWARD:

Medal of Honour of the Prussian Red Cross, III class (Medaille für Verdienste um das Preußische Rote Kreuz, III Klasse) - Circular gilt bronze medal with loop for ribbon attachment; the face with a Greek (Geneva) cross with vertical hatching denoting the heraldic colour gules (red), a Prussian crown at the end of each arm, the letters ‘WRAV’ (for Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia); the reverse inscribed ‘FUER VERDIENSTE UM DAS ROTHE KREUZ’ (For service to the Red Cross), an oak branch to the. Prussia was officially represented at the conference held in Geneva from 26 to 29 October 1863 and its Red Cross Society was formed shortly after, making it one of the earliest societies. In 1864, Prussia was one of the original twelve signatories of the Geneva Convention. The medal was created in 1897 for service to the Prussian Red Cross Society and issued until 1917.