Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed the body of the book

the body of the book remaining undamaged

(China-Denkmünze für Kämpfer)

named to member “BRIETZ”

part of the U Boat Flotilla “Saltzwedel”

with a delicately tooled thin silver gilt surround

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet Newly Listed the body of the book(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, itself executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded