Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Iv Class With Swords GTRexclude 1945 for successfully defending the

1945 for successfully defending the Courland position for three months

04mm(w) x 43

slotted medal bed for proper award seating

the oval centrepiece with a red felt background fronted by a brass number "2"

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Iv Class With Swords GTRexclude 1945 for successfully defending the(Ehrenzeichen fr 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 FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (FOR FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 14 mm in diameter, weighing