Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude recessed medal bed is stained

recessed medal bed is stained

the other is white and yellow embroidery on a black wool base

the text in both the centrepiece ring and ribbon banner in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire

a pin featuring an Iron Cross

the tab with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude recessed medal bed is stained(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central pebbled Geneva Cross, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 46 mm in diamter, weighing