German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Cross
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SKU: 02.GTR.0225.104.01.000
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A fine quality manufacture German Social Welfare Organization Merit Cross; 2nd Class; in gilded bronze and white and black enamels; vaulted; vertical slender banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 51x51mm; weighing 32.0 grams; with two very slight chips to the white enamels - one on the left arm, and one on the bottom arm of the cross; overall very fine condition.
On May 1, 1939, the German Red Cross Awards were replaced by the German Social Welfare Decoration, which recognized not only Red Cross work, but the entire social welfare field. This included care of the sick and wounded, caring for German citizens in foreign countries, participation in the winter relief organization, and upholding ancestral German traditions.
The II Class Cross has two versions, one with convex cross arms, and the other with flat cross arms.
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