Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a branch to the

with a branch to the left

It is awarded in five classes: Chain with Grand Cross

The interior of the band is marked “R

Massachusetts before he signed his Attestation Paper with the 140th Infantry Battalion on June 14

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1952-1977

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross, by Gebrüder Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with a branch to the(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, itself executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a rounded