Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold Accompanied by a Golden HJ

Accompanied by a Golden HJ Honour Badge award certificate issued to Franz Balzar from Betzdorf (Western Germany)

One shows the Heinkel fighter plane He 51

Footnote: On War Service badges were worn by civilians during the First World War

attached via small loops to a fine gold chain with a needle pin on either side with a ball final

unmarked however exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of Wilhelm Deumer

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold Accompanied by a Golden HJ(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, IV. Klasse Medaille). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of 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. 19 mm in