Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive Description: Silvered bronze

Description: Silvered bronze

the obverse with white enameled arms and a central medallion of identical construction

and initially consisted of a few former Austro-Hungarian Navy vessels surrendered at the conclusion of the First World War and transferred to the new nation state under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

the reverse retaining an intact loop

each featuring ten decorations

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive Description: Silvered bronzeEhrenzeichen 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