Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal Newly Listed Iron Cross I

Iron Cross I

and Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem Medal (bronze

In a letter addressed to President Harry S

27 mm (h - inclusive of ball suspension)

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal Newly Listed Iron Cross I(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