Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude This is a well preserved

This is a well preserved German DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps/German Africa Corps) field cap (Einheitsmütze)

an "S" (Saar) Cuff Title (white embroidery on black cotton

a Vienna Assay mark

The obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom

before returning to battle and participating in the Siege of Leningrad

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude This is a well preserved(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 overlaid by a black enameled German national eagle, highlighted with gilt feathering, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop and gilt suspension ring with dual oak leaves, featuring a period