Denmark, Kingdom. A Red Cross Badge Of Merit, I Class, C.1965 Auction A rare award plaque

A rare award plaque

It shows Knight’s Cross recipient Lieutenant Arthur Jahnke walking past a military band and honouring unit

used to hunt for enemy submarines

23 mm x 41

listing his award of the Order of the Patriotic War

Denmark, Kingdom. A Red Cross Badge Of Merit, I Class, C.1965 Auction A rare award plaque(Dansk Rde Kors Fortjensttegn). Instituted in 1963. In bronze gilt with red and white enamels, 1963 Pelican feeding her young shape type, unmarked, measuring 38. 5 mm (w) x 48. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring suspension, intact enamels, spotting evident on the reverse, original ribbon with safety pin attachment, near extremely fine.