Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction Instituted in 1912 (in silvered

Instituted in 1912 (in silvered bronze

stamped on the reverse with a patent mark of “GM NO 111241”

it went through several name changes including: 1887 - 21st Battalion

maker mark on reverse L/15 for Otto Schickle of Pforzheim

3) A Faithful Service Medal

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction Instituted in 1912 (in silvered(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege an Einzelspange). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE