Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal certificate_of_authenticity the shoulders with narrow straps

the shoulders with narrow straps along the outside edge and brown finished zinc buttons with pebbled uppers that are fed through reinforced button holes mid-way between the neck and shoulder

reverse impressed STERLING

all very fine to mint

extremely fine) to Zimmermann’s father

Minor material fatigue evident

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal certificate_of_authenticity the shoulders with narrow straps(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a 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 CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 14 mm in diameter, weighing