Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Souval c. 1970 GTRexclude all set on a 175

all set on a 175 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback and field-grey wool reverse liner

Espousing authoritarian and corporatist principles

reverse bears the years 1916|1919

Blueing and Browning

measuring 77 mm (w) x 130 mm (l)

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Souval c. 1970 GTRexclude all set on a 175(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse mit Etui, Museumsstcke). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika executed in black enamel with gilt highlights, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a high