Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude Instituted in 1839

Instituted in 1839

A narrow banner constructed of red fabric

3rd Class - Police Long Service Award: The Fuhrer and Reichskanzler has with today’s decree awarded to the Main Criminal Assistant Willy Püschel in Leipzig

the base exhibiting chipping and crazing

dual plastic push pins on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude Instituted in 1839(Ehrenzeichen fr Deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1. 5. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silver; the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons superimposed on a cross; the reverse inscribed Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for German Social Welfare); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 38. 15 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in overall near very