Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude an "S" (Saar) Cuff Title

an "S" (Saar) Cuff Title (white embroidery on black cotton

before returning to battle and participating in the Siege of Leningrad

both sides with chipping evident in the blue enamels on the star points and in the white enamels on the centrepiece rings

above an inscription of “R

and can now legally call himself a journeyman of the trade

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude an "S" (Saar) Cuff Title(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 overlaid by a black enameled German national eagle, highlighted with gilt feathering, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop and gilt suspension ring with dual oak leaves, featuring a period