Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Hold that he was not married

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Factory Labourer

the undersides with a smooth mid-tone brown finish

each constructed of dark blue wool and trimmed with gold bullion wire tresses

an Envelope (with a label affixed

plus scattered chipping evident in the enamels throughout

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Hold that he was not married(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed suspension ring bearing two oak leaves, in turn connecting to a