Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Oregon and Kenneth Elmer Jones

Oregon and Kenneth Elmer Jones

(Militär Jubiläumskreuz)

hand engraved "VAML" on the reverse

as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands

Instituted 3 March 1918

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval c. 1960 certificate_of_authenticity Oregon and Kenneth Elmer JonesEhrenzeichen 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