Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Women’s Issue Auction Archive the reverse with a maker’s

the reverse with a maker’s mark of “R

His first command was with the Destroyer HMS Wrestler in 1936

he embarked the Far East for Canada

the blade fits tightly into the upper crossguard

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Women’s Issue Auction Archive the reverse with a maker’s(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege fr Frauen). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised and pebbled Geneva Cross, overlaid by a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE