Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude the tab with ten rows

the tab with ten rows of two holes each for length adjustment

It is smooth

during which time he was promoted to Gefreiter

96 mm (w) x 44

the text in both the centrepiece ring and ribbon banner in rolled gold-coloured bullion wire

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude the tab with ten rows(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a central pebbled Geneva Cross, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 46 mm in diamter, weighing