Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Newly Listed which threatened the retreating route

which threatened the retreating route of the 26th Panzer Division

including a chip to the wood of the obverse handle near the upper crossguard

sporadic patches of mothing are evident throughout

happens on the first Thursday in April and is in memory of the battle

each illustrating the General's wreathed crossed sword and baton insignia

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Newly Listed which threatened the retreating route(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 bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed suspension ring bearing two oak leaves, in turn connecting to a