Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross, By Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity when he suffered a gun

when he suffered a gun shot wound to his right knee and thigh

The cap measures 234 mm (w) x 265 mm (l) x 160 mm (h)

marked and numbered

on Army cloth backing

marked “L35” for “Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross, By Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity when he suffered a gun(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, I. Stufe). Instituted by A. H. on 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). An extremely well preserved Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross, constructed of fire gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse with a central applique in the form of a black enameled NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain, on