Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude measures 16

measures 16

Lieutenant Josef Jacobs (1894–1978) was one of the most successful flying aces of WWI

with a full sized period original ribbon

dual plastic push pins on the reverse

1922 in Wildbach near Zwickau (today a district of Bad Schlema

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude measures 16(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