Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive With the outbreak of the

With the outbreak of the Second War

The 19th Panzer Division fought in the attacks on the Soviet Union

with a black leather cover and synthetic underside

with some of its period original ribbon

An Iron Cross Second Class 1914 by Carl Dilenius - With toned silver frame

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive With the outbreak of the(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed suspension ring bearing two oak leaves, in turn connecting to a