Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It is awarded in five

It is awarded in five classes: Chain with Grand Cross

dated 23 November 1940 and delivered via Wehrmacht Feldpost as indicated by the envelope

with a vertical banjo style pin

with minor chipping visible to the reverse three o’clock arm

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac It is awarded in five(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, itself executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded