Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction a Napoleonic Wars centenary medal

a Napoleonic Wars centenary medal

26th Infantry Massachusetts State Guard (bronze gilt with red and green enamels

the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Ferdinand

An example of a Kriegsmarine cap eagle

with backing

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction a Napoleonic Wars centenary medal(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 14 mm in diameter, weighing 24. 2 grams, in near mint condition.