Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity hand engraved "VAML" on the

hand engraved "VAML" on the reverse

on a triangular white peacetime ribbon

Oregon and Kenneth Elmer Jones

as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands

light wear with some scratches to the obverse

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity hand engraved "VAML" on theEhrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black enamels with gilt highlights, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop retaining a ribbed suspension ring with an oak leaf