Germany, Ns-Frauenschaft. A National Socialist Women’s League (Ns-Frauenschaft) Gau Franken Brooch United Republic of inscribed in black ink "Kriegs=Berdienstkreuz

inscribed in black ink "Kriegs=Berdienstkreuz 2

John McCrae was asked to conduct the burial service for Alexis because the chaplain had been called away somewhere else on duty that evening

stating that he had twelve years' previous service with the Permanent Army Medical Corps

with a blue enameled cross

Germany, Ns-Frauenschaft. A National Socialist Women’s League (Ns-Frauenschaft) Gau Franken Brooch United Republic of inscribed in black ink "Kriegs=Berdienstkreuz(NS Frauenschaft Gau Franken Brosch). Constructed of patinated feinzink, the obverse consisting of a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of NS FRAUENSCHAFT GAU FRANKEN, within a pebbled and ribbed border, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 42 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition.