Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Women’s Issue Auction Archive both miniatures in Gold and

both miniatures in Gold and enamels

A certificate for the German Cross in Gold to Senior Lieutenant Fassong

In silver and red

silver obverse centre exhibiting the bust of Christopher Columbus surrounded by a white enameled border with the inscription ILUSTRE Y ESCLARECIDO VARON DON CRISTOBAL COLON (Illustrated and Illuminated Male

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, Women’s Issue Auction Archive both miniatures in Gold and(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege fr Frauen). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original bow tie ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised and pebbled Geneva Cross, overlaid by a NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE