Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1852 and was later replaced

1852 and was later replaced by the Order of Social Merit in 1936

with minor chipping visible to the reverse three o’clock arm

It is awarded in five classes: Chain with Grand Cross

with a branch to the left

dated 23 November 1940 and delivered via Wehrmacht Feldpost as indicated by the envelope

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1852 and was later replaced(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, itself executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded