Germany, Third Reich. A German 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 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 38.15 mm in diameter, weighing 24.2 grams, in near mint condition.

