Medal to the Social Welfare Decoration

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Medal to the Social Welfare Decoration

Social Welfare Decoration + two Miniatures

Social Welfare Decoration + two Miniatures

LOT 64-0531
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
MATERIAL bronze
DIMENSIONS
MAKER view maker
WEIGHT
LOT 64-0531
EAN 2000000718439
LOT 64-0531
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000718439
MATERIAL bronze
DIMENSIONS
MAKER view maker
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 64-0531
MATERIAL bronze
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000718439
MAKER view maker
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945
Medal to the Social Welfare Decoration


Description
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Volkspflegemedaille am originalen Band. Buntmetall. Inklusive einer 16mm und 9mm Miniatur. 

Zustand 2. 


Condition
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Historical information

The Social Welfare Decoration (Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege) was a German Civil Award created by Adolf Hitler on May 1, 1939, for services in the social sector. The decoration was issued in three classes and was awarded for a wide variety of service, in the social sector, to the German state. Qualifying service would have been with Winterhilfswerk, National Socialist People's Welfare, medical and rescue work, or care of foreign and ethnic Germans. As a replacement for the German Red Cross Decoration, it was conferred in four classes consisting of a white-enameled gold Balkenkreuz with Reich eagle and swastika. A "Medal of Social Welfare" was also issued for lesser degrees of service, not warranting the higher presentation of a class award.

The main requirement for the award was that the service rendered should be to the benefit of the civil population. Reinhard Heydrich was awarded the decoration for his running of the Gestapo in the 1930s and for providing "security" to the German people. 

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