Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 United Republic of reverse illustrating the rifle-bearing general

reverse illustrating the rifle-bearing general standing upon a bluff

pin assembly period repaired

It measures 212x283mm

the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Prince Elector Wilhelm II

1915 attack on Mauser Ridge

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 United Republic of reverse illustrating the rifle-bearing generalEhrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black enamels with gilt highlights, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop retaining a ribbed suspension ring with an oak leaf