Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive constructed of multi-coloured BeVo style

constructed of multi-coloured BeVo style machine embroidery on a field grey rayon backer

and initially consisted of a few former Austro-Hungarian Navy vessels surrendered at the conclusion of the First World War and transferred to the new nation state under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

SS (16300)

Description: Silvered bronze

a superb Übergröße (oversized) variant in extremely fine condition

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 Auction Archive constructed of multi-coloured BeVo styleEhrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black enamels with gilt highlights, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop retaining a ribbed suspension ring with an oak leaf