Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, IV Class

(Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege, IV. Klasse Medaille). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of 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 FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE” (“MEDAL FOR CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE”), unmarked, measuring 38.19 mm in diameter, weighing 24.7 grams, in extremely fine condition.