Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Newly Listed featuring a 465 mm long

featuring a 465 mm long nickel-plated steel blade

78mm (nearly 3 ¼ inches) in diameter

with the Manfred Weiss factory in the background

I express in the name of highest service my recognition of him

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet Newly Listed featuring a 465 mm long(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring bearing dual oak leaves, unmarked,