Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross United Republic of fold over button down flaps

fold over button down flaps with reinforced button holes

marked "STERLING" beside a stylized "N" that is penetrated by a upward pointing sword insignia

United States Army Air Defense Command

surrounded by an enameled blue ribbon inscribed cyrilic Order’s motto (For FAITH

11 in Victoria and that her profession was that of Nurse

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross United Republic of fold over button down flaps(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, Kreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, overlaid by a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering and details highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral ring and suspension loop, in turn connecting