Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Of Social Welfare Auction Archive Mounted on triangular ribbon

Mounted on triangular ribbon

maker marked on reverse S

with nearly all of the original gilding worn off

one scuff on the exterior

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Of Social Welfare Auction Archive Mounted on triangular ribbon(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a 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 GERMAN SOCIAL WELFARE), unmarked, measuring 38. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 22. 5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.