A Rare Cross Of The Fatherland Ladies Of The Red Cross 1866-1926 Newly Listed Battalion sent to South Africa

Battalion sent to South Africa for special service in the Zulu War

where he was to spend the following week recovering

McDonald was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette on December 16

before studying the art of conducting with Reginald Stewart

A Rare Cross Of The Fatherland Ladies Of The Red Cross 1866-1926 Newly Listed Battalion sent to South AfricaGermany (Prussia). Commemorative Cross of the Fatherland Ladies Association of the Red Cross (AKA Fatherland Ladies Association for Providing Aid and Care to the Wounded in the War) 1866 1926: Blackened bronze with red enamels, unmarked, 36. 5 mm, original white bow tied ribbon with pinback hanger, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Association was established in 1866 by the Prussian Queen (later Empress) Augusta. The Cross was issued in