Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross Hold on October 29th

on October 29th

below which it is doubled

measuring 54 mm (w) x 102 mm (h)

Non-combatant members of the order

Four: The Second World War (1939-45) (with six chapters: 12

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross Hold on October 29th(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, Kreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering and details highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral ring and suspension loop, in turn connecting