Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, Iii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity twelve with a single screwback

twelve with a single screwback

inscribed "YPRES" above and "CANADA / APRIL 22 24 1915" below

maker marked MINCOVNA KRL YNICA on clip

vertical banjo-style pinback

The Battalion was raised in Quebec

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, Iii Class With Case, By Gebrüder Godet certificate_of_authenticity twelve with a single screwback(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, Kreuz III. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering and details highlighted in gilt, unmarked, measuring 40. 09