Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Auction Archive before returning to Victory II

before returning to Victory II on August 19th for additional training

1943 reads: by the order of my Commander Captain Petersen

The document is signed by him in black ink

the obverse with the SS runes inside of an oak wreath

Footnote: Hilton Lawrence Roache was born on June 13

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Auction Archive before returning to Victory II(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, IV. Klasse Medaille). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 19 mm in