Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Archive It is dated to May

It is dated to May 10

marked "STERLING" and marked "NAT'L ASS'N

the shoe lace on the shorter of the two straps severed at one end

Seven thousand men refused to work today

24 mm (w) x 30

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Archive It is dated to May(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,