Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Buy Now Mother of Pearl Backing -

Mother of Pearl Backing - Fourth/Fifth Issue (1911-1913 and 1913-1918)

Oelsnitz”

71 mm x 93 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

with the majority of the paper backing still intact

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Buy Now Mother of Pearl Backing -(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 bearing a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring bearing dual oak leaves, unmarked,