Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude a Vienna Assay mark

a Vienna Assay mark

above an inscription of “R

both sides with chipping evident in the blue enamels on the star points and in the white enamels on the centrepiece rings

before returning to battle and participating in the Siege of Leningrad

and can now legally call himself a journeyman of the trade

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude a Vienna Assay mark(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