Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction 3) A Faithful Service Medal

3) A Faithful Service Medal

Instituted in 1912 (in silvered bronze

edged with golden rims

He was later transferred to the 24th Infantry Battalion

the reverse bearing a hand-etched owner’s name of “UFFZ

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Medal, on Single Mount Auction 3) A Faithful Service Medal(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