Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden It replaced the Medal of

It replaced the Medal of Honour for Public Assistance and the Hygiene Medal

front visor is patent leather

all contained within period original cases

is on record as having been an Ordnance Storekeeper at Quebec City

with full military rites by the Carmi American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars

Germany, DDR. A Rare National Prize in Gold, Type 2, with Case and Ribbon Bar visually-hidden It replaced the Medal of(Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik in Gold mit Bandschnalle und Etui). Instituted 31 March 1949. (1973 1989 issue). Constructed of 12K Gold, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a rightward facing profile of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, circumscribed by an inscription of DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of NATIONAL PREIS (NATIONAL