Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Godet Auction wooded-framed on both the lid

wooded-framed on both the lid and base

351 (silvered bronze with with light blue

a Commander-in-Chief staff insignia

Pilot of 52nd Fighter Wing Footnote: All Knight's Cross Recipient Photographs originate from a single & extremely large collection acquired by eMedals in 2008

the obverse bears the Kyffhauser in black enamel with the national colours - black

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Godet Auction wooded-framed on both the lid(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, I. Klasse). Instituted 1 March 1939. (1939 1944). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a black enameled German national eagle clutching a gilded and blackened wreathed mobile swastika, with featuring highlighted in gilt, the reverse plain, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension ring with dual