Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude It was begun in 1951

It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab

Hindenburg Cross for Combatants and Wound Badge

oxidation spot evident on the reverse

measuring 23 mm (w) x 49 mm (h)

XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude It was begun in 1951(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 with a central applique in the form of a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the eagle with detailed gilt feathering, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension