Merit Cross for War Aid
The Merit Cross for War Aid (Verdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe) was a war decoration of Prussia awarded during World War I. Instituted 5 December 1916, the cross was awarded for patriotic war aid service, without regard to status or rank.
Merit Cross for War Aid
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- Merit Cross for War Aid Verdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe
- Period
- 1916
- Region
- Germany · Kingdom of Prussia
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The Merit Cross for War Aid (Verdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe) was a war decoration of Prussia awarded during World War I. Instituted 5 December 1916, the cross was awarded for patriotic war aid service, without regard to status or rank.
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• Name — Merit Cross for War Aid Verdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe • Presenter — Prussia • Type — Military and civil decoration • Awarded For — Act contributing to the war effort • Campaign — World War I • Status — Suppressed 1924 • Established — 5 December 1916 • Precedence Label — Order of Wear 1916 • Higher — Life Saving Medal • Lower — Peacetime awards of the Orders of Hohenzollern, Red Eagle, and Crown • Caption2 — Ribbon of the cross
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The Merit Cross for War Aid is in the shape of a Maltese cross, typically found made of blackened Kriegsmetall alloy. The obverse of the cross bears a circular central medallion with the crowned cipher of King Wilhelm II. On the reverse the central medallion is inscribed FÜR KRIEGS-HILFSDIENST (For War Aid Merit) above an oak wreath. To the upper arm is attached a loop for suspension from its ribbon.
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The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that merit Cross for War Aid is associated with Germany and Kingdom of Prussia. Institutional cataloguing adds that merit Cross for War Aid is recorded from 1916.
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