Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nursing Hold A 1939 Fest der Ostlausitz

A 1939 Fest der Ostlausitz im NSRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) badge

with seven rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the right end

He is documented on the roll of the 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry (Bowmanville) as having been posted to Bowmanville from March 1 to 18

Constructed of machine embroidered silver wire threads on top of black wool base

There are limited traces of the quilted white silk lining remaining

Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nursing Hold A 1939 Fest der Ostlausitz(Ehrenkreuz fr freiwillige Wohlfahrtspflege im Kriege). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich August inside of a blue enameled ring, the reverse with central dates 1914 1916, with laurel and oak leaf branches through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 27. 71 mm (w) x 32. 64 mm (h), weighing 10. 3 grams, in near