Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, I Class Archive (Steinhauer & Lück Verkaufskatalog)

(Steinhauer & Lück Verkaufskatalog)

beat up a British Officer

five taken in the field during the 1930s and dated as such on their reverses

extremely dark patina

within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt institution date of “DEN 18

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, I Class Archive (Steinhauer & Lück Verkaufskatalog)(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse overlaid by a finely detailed black enameled German national eagle with feathering highlighted in gilt, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original