Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Buy Now marked on the obverse tassel

marked on the obverse tassel with a boars head denoting Paris manufacture from 1838-1962 with a silver fineness of 800

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver threaded insignia

George VI (E) FID DEF (1597 F/L M

in gilt and blackened iron

measuring 143 mm x 285 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Buy Now marked on the obverse tassel(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring bearing dual oak leaves, unmarked,