Women's Cross of Merit (Brunswick)

The Women’s Merit Cross was instituted on 25 April 1912 by Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg, as regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, in two classes.

It could be awarded to women and unmarried women who had rendered meritorious service through self-sacrificing personal activity in the field of charity.

To receive the 1st Class, a person had to have held the 2nd Class for 10 years. This requirement could, however, be waived in exceptional cases.

The decoration is an equal-armed silver cross (the 1st Class is gilt silver) with leaf-shaped ends. The inscription WIRKE TREU IN runs vertically along the arms of the cross, and NÄCHSTENLIEBE runs horizontally. The reverse of the cross is plain.

The decoration was worn on a bow on a white ribbon with dark-blue edge stripes.

After the death of the recipient, the order had to be returned to the order chancellery.