Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction marked "GES GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschützt)

marked "GES GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) on the pinback's reinforcing plate

in exchange five dollars was gratefully received by the chap giving blood as being broke was a common occurrence (card)

in browning copper

4 - Royal Canadian Flying Corps 1916

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal Auction marked "GES GESCH" (Gesetzlich Geschützt)(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for case of the German People), suspended from a dual suspension ring and its period original ribbon, measuring 38 mm in diameter, weighting 22. 7 grams, in near extremely