Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude with ribbon (with embroidered eagle)

with ribbon (with embroidered eagle)

grey wool backer (slight mothing)

German Reich War Veteran Organization "Kuffhauser" Medal (bronze

The inside is lined in brown cotton in selected locations

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude with ribbon (with embroidered eagle)(Ehrenzeichen fr Deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1. 5. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silver; the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons superimposed on a cross; the reverse inscribed Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for German Social Welfare); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 38. 15 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in overall near very