Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Province of China Meyer shield and marked "STERLING"

Meyer shield and marked "STERLING" on the reverse)

He had had one year previous military experience as a member of the C

the obverse medallion features a silver gilt Maltese cross with flames in each quadrant

with a central white enameled disk bearing a black mobile swastika

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Province of China Meyer shield and marked "STERLING"(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege an Einzelspange). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE