Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. Hold Discharge Certificate and Letter to

Discharge Certificate and Letter to His Wife from the War Service Records Director

United States Coast Guard sailors

for service overseas

with much of its original gilt still remaining

fabricated from fine aluminum bullion wire

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. Hold Discharge Certificate and Letter to(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). 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 with a central applique in the form of a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the eagle with detailed gilt feathering, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension