Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude "CONSERVATRICE" to the right and

"CONSERVATRICE" to the right and "L'AN 4 DE BONAPARTE

The obverse pebbled with a Stahlhelm in the centre featuring a large mobile swastika on its side superimposed on crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves with a tied bow at the bottom

a Vienna Assay mark

before returning to battle and participating in the Siege of Leningrad

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude "CONSERVATRICE" to the right and(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). 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 overlaid by a black enameled German national eagle, highlighted with gilt feathering, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop and gilt suspension ring with dual oak leaves, featuring a period