Prussia, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal Hold featuring a red enamelled cross

featuring a red enamelled cross with a double headed black enamel eagle in each quadrant

the fourteen pages inside with subtitled sections in red ("Object of the Grand Chapter

It is signed in black ink by SS-Sturmbannführer and Regiment Commander Kudmann (

and Cross of Military Valour (bronze

Simon Janse Van Arsdalen

Prussia, Kingdom. A Life Saving Medal Hold featuring a red enamelled cross(Verdienst Ehrenzeichen fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 1 February 1833 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1833 1864 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, circumscribed by name and title and topped by a star indicating a first pattern award, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR