Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude The inside is lined in

The inside is lined in brown cotton in selected locations

spotting evident on two stars

grey wool backer (slight mothing)

as part of the 20th Brigade of the 7th Division

most of them identified

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal GTRexclude The inside is lined in(Ehrenzeichen fr Deutsche Volkspflege). Instituted 1. 5. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silver; the obverse depicting a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons superimposed on a cross; the reverse inscribed Medaille fr Deutsche Volkspflege (Medal for German Social Welfare); on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 38. 15 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 9 grams, in overall near very