Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet visually-hidden each constructed of black wool

each constructed of black wool with a field-grey wool reverse and trimmed with orange piping

being a Hindenburg Cross with Swords

40mm (x 62 mm inclusive of the crown suspension)

according to the official press statement attached to the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet visually-hidden each constructed of black wool(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege 1. 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 overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop connecting to a ribbed ring emanating from a