Germany, Drk. An Em/Nco’s Sleeve Eagle Archive oval wreath with laurel leaves

oval wreath with laurel leaves towards the left side

Constructed of high quality champagne-coloured machine embroidery

possibly as many as one-third

Crawford reported sick the following day

issued in Stuttgart on 30 January 1944

Germany, Drk. An Em/Nco’s Sleeve Eagle Archive oval wreath with laurel leaves(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz rmelabzeichen). Constructed of dark grey rayon overlaying a dark grey wool liner, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey German Red Cross (DRK) style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, above an inscription of MERZIG 1, within a triangular border of identical construction, unmarked, measuring 125 mm (w) x 70 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.