Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity on a triangular white peacetime

on a triangular white peacetime ribbon

Instituted 3 March 1918

hand engraved "VAML" on the reverse

white and green enamel details on a blue enamel background

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity on a triangular white peacetimeEhrenzeichen 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