Germany – Third Reich: An unusual War Merit Cross 2nd Class without swords and its accompanying award certificate to Red Cross Nursing Assistant Maria Klug of Kriegslazarett 5/637 issued to her in the final days of the war.

Germany – Third Reich: An unusual War Merit Cross 2^nd Class without swords and its accompanying award certificate to Red Cross Nursing Assistant Maria Klug of Kriegslazarett 5/637 issued to her in the final days of the war.

Decoration:

War Merit Cross 2^nd Class without swords, an early bronze striking

Certificate:

War Merit Cross 2^nd Class without swords issued on 20^th April 1945 as Red Cross Nursing Assistant, Kriegslazarett 5/637. Signed by a Surgeon General on behalf of Ringel, General of Mountain Troops.

Document:

Red Cross Hospital Pass dated 27^th April 1944 and named to Maria Klug as Red Cross Nursing Assistant, whose date and place of birth is given as 16.6.1921 in Schluchtern.

Schluchtern is a small town in the state of Hessen.

Condition: some tearing to the certificate along the folds, Nearly extremely fine