Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iii Class Cross GTRexclude dated "SEP 1935" and size

dated "SEP 1935" and size marked "57 1/2"

1917 to January 2

rare award document

edged by red “rot” Waffenfarbe piping

but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of Gebrüder Wegerhoff manufacture

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iii Class Cross GTRexclude dated "SEP 1935" and size(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, Kreuz III. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with details highlighted in gilt, unmarked, measuring 39. 98 mm (w) x 44. 84 mm