Worn by DRK female personnel who were on active service
one is artist marked "HANS RUDOLF SCHULTE"
one with chipping evident in the red enamels
the enamels on the Grand Cross are intact
The front is completed by a vertical row of eight large brass buttons on the right side
Braunschweig, Dukedom. An Order Of Henry The Lion In Gold, Grand Cross, By A. Lemme, C.1840 Newly Listed Worn by DRK female personnel(Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Lwen, Grokreuz). Instituted 1834. Issued 1834 1918. A superb grand cross set of fine quality and craftsmanship, with a hollow sash badge in Gold, consisting of a blue enameled Maltese cross with Gold boarders and delicately hand painted peacock feathers, ball finials, with the crowned royal cipher of Wilhel in each quadrant, obverse centre with a finely hand painted Hanovarian horse of red enameled