Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class
Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class
Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class
Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class
Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class
Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class

Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class

Replica of the Social Welfare Decoration 3rd Class, the cross is finely done in a glossy snow white enamel with a black enameled German Eagle and swastika and the metal areas finished in a rich gilt. The neck ribbon is red silken fabric with white edging

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The Social Welfare Decoration (German: Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege) was a German Civil Award created by Adolf Hitler on 1 May 1939 for services in the social sector. The decoration was issued in three classes and was awarded for a wide variety of service, in the social sector, to the German state. Qualifying service would have been with Winterhilfswerk, National Socialist Volk Welfare, medical and rescue work, or care of foreign and ethnic Germans. As a replacement for Red Cross awards, it was conferred in four classes consisting of a white-enameled gold Balkenkreuz with Reich eagle and swastika. A "Medal of Social Welfare" was also issued for lesser degrees of service, not warranting the higher presentation of a class award.

The main requirement for the award was that the service rendered should be to the benefit of the civil population. Reinhard Heydrich was awarded the decoration for his running of the Gestapo in the 1930s and for providing "security" to the German people. The infamous Doctor Joseph Mengele was also awarded the decoration in 1941, for providing medical services to wounded soldiers and civilians alike on the battlefields of the Eastern Front.

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Political and Civil Awards
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