Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)

marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “475/42”

The top is flanked by four reinforced ventilation holes

unmarked however exhibiting the manufacturing characteristics of Wilhelm Deumer

He was promoted to Squadron Leader on February 1

copies of three death notices and five black and white ship photographs

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM)(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege, IV. Klasse Medaille). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of MEDAILLE FR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE), unmarked, measuring 38. 19 mm in