Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction edged with golden rims

edged with golden rims

stamped on the reverse with a patent mark of “GM NO 111241”

gilt metal backer

he was transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve on June 12

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction edged with golden rims(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege an Einzelspange). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE