Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal

(Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central pebbled 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 THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE”), unmarked, measuring 38.46 mm in diamter, weighing 22.5 grams, in very fine condition.