Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of measuring 120 mm (w) x

measuring 120 mm (w) x 124 mm (h)

centre slightly loose

and entered Wehrmacht service on 1 April 1935

nick on the edge of the upper arm

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

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal United Republic of measuring 120 mm (w) x(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