Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-1871 GTRexclude Found in the attic containing

Found in the attic containing items of Arthur Seyß-Inquart

fraying and wear evident in the blackened static copper wire forming the raised midribs of the leaves thereby exposing the copper-colored threading

" on the narrow side panel immediately to the right of the reverse panel

After his schooling was finished

the son of Leslie Hall Jenks (1849-1910) and Nancy Wesson Jenks (nee Cushing

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Cross of Merit for Women and Girls 1870-1871 GTRexclude Found in the attic containing(Verdienstkreuz fr Frauen und Jungfrauen 1870 1871). Instituted 22 March 1871 by King Kaiser Wilhelm I. (1871 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with a fine quality black enameled core, the obverse bearing a central raised Geneca Cross executed in red and white enamels, the reverse bearing a central engraved and silvered monogram of King Kaiser Wilhelm and Queen Kaiserin Augusta, the six oclock arm