Germany, Third Reich. A Medal of Social Welfare

(Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of “MEDAILLE FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE” (“MEDAL FOR GERMAN SOCIAL WELFARE”), unmarked, measuring 38.03 mm in diameter, weighing 22.5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.