Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude and can now legally call

and can now legally call himself a journeyman of the trade

before returning to battle and participating in the Siege of Leningrad

a Vienna Assay mark

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

This is a well preserved German DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps/German Africa Corps) field cap (Einheitsmütze)

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class GTRexclude and can now legally call(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