Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of the tab with a single

the tab with a single row of seven holes for length adjustment

nick on the edge of the upper arm

reinforced black cloth backer

who had retired from the command

centre slightly loose

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of the tab with a single(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