Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude yellow and black embroidery

yellow and black embroidery

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

oxidation spot evident on the reverse

'D' Squadron's First Tour and 'A' Squadron's Second Tour

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude yellow and black embroidery(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