Germany (Imperial): Prussia. Cross of the Veterans’ Association of 'Frauenwaldau' dated 1889, suspended from a silvered Deutscher KriegerBund badge

The badge complete with bow riband and reverse hinged pin and clasp fittings, and as-worn by a German military veteran

Reverse of the gilt cross with makers name and Dresden address

Deutscher Kriegerbund (English: German Warrior League) was a war veterans' and reservists' association in Germany established in April 1873 in Weißenfels. The origins of the association lie in a Warrior Association established in 1786 by Fusiliers of Frederick II of Prussia's army in Wangerin/Pomerania. The original purpose of the war veterans' associations was to provide their members and former soldiers with proper burial arrangements. Former soldiers felt the need of commemorative tombs that would preserve the dignity of their former comrades-in-arms and honor them even after their death. This type of association received a considerable boost after Prussia's victorious battles against the Danish (1864), Austrian (1866) and French armies in 1871

A number of these veterans' associations established the Deutscher Kriegerbund by joining efforts for a common cause in 1873. In April 1897, the Deutscher Kriegerbund became the Prussian Country's Warrior League (German: Preußischer Landeskriegerverband). Its former name Deutscher Kriegerbund was kept for certain economic and social dealings. In this form, it was a forerunner of later German military social welfare provisions like the National Socialist War Victim's Care. The association was initially dominated by groups of soldiers of the former Prussian army

A most interesting veterans association locality, as it was located in in the region of Treblinz, Breslau, North Prussia, which in 2024 is now part of Poland

Condition: About EF

Code: 24016