A 1939/40 Whw (Winter Relief Of The German People) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Donation Badge GTRexclude reverse inscribed “Meiji 21” (1888)

reverse inscribed “Meiji 21” (1888) - note that this date is used for all Japanese Red Cross medals regardless of issue

The medal was issued as part of Jean Antoine Dassier's Geneva Series

103rd Train Headquarters and Military Police

so his mother later received a copy of his citation

He was a German poet and playwright

A 1939/40 Whw (Winter Relief Of The German People) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Donation Badge GTRexclude reverse inscribed “Meiji 21” (1888)A 1939 1940 WHW (Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes Winter Relief of the German People) Donation badge; in silvered zink; horizontal pinback; maker marked Deschler & Shne, Mnchen on the reverse; measuring 35 mm x 32 mm; very fine condition.