Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Oregon and Kenneth Elmer Jones

Oregon and Kenneth Elmer Jones

white and green enamel details on a blue enamel background

as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands

A Prussian Order of the Red Eagle

Instituted 3 March 1918

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Oregon and Kenneth Elmer JonesEhrenzeichen 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