Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of reinforced black cloth backer

reinforced black cloth backer

108th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm)

centre slightly loose

measuring 120 mm (w) x 124 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of reinforced black cloth backer(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered feinzink, 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. 14 mm in diameter, weighing