Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction Archive with near-total oxidation evident

with near-total oxidation evident

After sixteen days treatment at Manchester

A 1914 Iron Cross Second Class

with holes on side to be sewn-on

he achieved four aerial victories on the Western Front

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction Archive with near-total oxidation evident(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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. 15 mm in diameter, weighing