Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction The Japanese landed three battalions

The Japanese landed three battalions on Ambon during the night of January 30-31

suspended from a bronze horizontal frame suspension with red ribbon

light soiling of the cotton lining on the interior

It is otherwise unmarked and measures approximately 280 mm (l) x 130 mm (h) when folded

and Spain: Order of Civil Merit (two-piece construction

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction The Japanese landed three battalions(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, 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. 15 mm in diameter, weighing