Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nurses 1914/1918 Auction Archive attached to a full-length dark

attached to a full-length dark gray cotton strap

a very nice matching pair

gilt wear evident on the Medal for Italian Unification

A bronze gilt Byzantine cross with broad ends

31x 40mm including integral ring

Saxony, Kingdom. An Honour Cross For Volunteer Nurses 1914/1918 Auction Archive attached to a full-length dark(Ehrenkreuz fr freiwillige Wohlfahrtspflege im Kriege 1914 1918). 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 1918, with laurel and oak leaf branches through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 27. 65 mm (w) x 32. 52 mm (h), weighing 10. 4 grams