Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)

XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)

'D' Squadron's First Tour and 'A' Squadron's Second Tour

yellow and black embroidery

serving at National Headquarters as Vice Chief of Naval Staff and as the Fourth Member of the Naval Board in 1949

It was begun in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries at Akyab

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude XI (Pilot Reserve Battalion)(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central applique in the form of a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the eagle with detailed gilt feathering, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension