Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, IV Class with Swords

Item #G42296

$128
(Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege, IV. Klasse Medaille mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with sword clasp, the obverse with a central Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of “MEDAILLE FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE” (“FOR FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE”), unmarked, measuring 38.14 mm in diameter, weighing 23.8 grams, in near extremely fine condition.