Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive Signature on Post War Photo:

Signature on Post War Photo: Robert Kowalewski

hairline cracks and section of replaced enamels visible on the white cross

two Orders for Bravery

Reich Governor of Austria

the red enamelling on "CCCP" having been lost to time

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive Signature on Post War Photo:Ehrenzeichen 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