Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Merit and Service Awards

(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including:

1. A German Social Welfare Medal, constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE” (“MEDAL FOR CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE”), unmarked, measuring 38.02 mm in diameter, weighing 23.3 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of beige paper stock, the exterior bearing a maker’s mark of “HAUPTMÜNZMT WIEN” for the Vienna Mint, measuring 60 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

2. A Gau Essen Honour Badge in Gold, constructed of gilded aluminum, the obverse consisting of a sword with its hilt defaced by a mobile swastika overlaying a crossed hammer and mallet bearing dates “1925-1935”, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked “HOFFSTÄTTER, BONN’, measuring 32 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), demonstrating minor loss of gilt finish, in better than very fine condition.

3. A Heer Officer candidate lapel pin, constructed of silvered bronze, unmarked, measuring 15 mm (w) x 21 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.