Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude the base exhibiting chipping and

the base exhibiting chipping and crazing

measures 16

who held office with the Kilties for seven years

A narrow banner constructed of red fabric

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude the base exhibiting chipping and(Ehrenzeichen fr Deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1. 5. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silver; the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons superimposed on a cross; the reverse inscribed Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for German Social Welfare); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 38. 15 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in overall near very