Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal Auction Archive 'Unteroffizier Ewald Opitz

'Unteroffizier Ewald Opitz

Colonel Bingham’s orders to Sam Mack­ness were brief and con­cise

A Polish Government Officer's Sleeve Eagle -  worn on upper left arm of a tunic

constructed of card stock with a faux red leather exterior

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal Auction Archive 'Unteroffizier Ewald Opitz(Ehrenzeichen fr Deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1. 5. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silver; the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons superimposed on a cross; the reverse inscribed Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for German Social Welfare); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 38. 15 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in overall near very