Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Souval c. 1970 GTRexclude HINDENBURG LINE

HINDENBURG LINE

Blueing and Browning

reverse bears the years 1916|1919

all set on a 175 mm-long bar with a horizontal pinback and field-grey wool reverse liner

measuring 77 mm (w) x 130 mm (l)

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Souval c. 1970 GTRexclude HINDENBURG LINE(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse mit Etui, Museumsstcke). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika executed in black enamel with gilt highlights, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a high