Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude L” for Jacob Leser manufacture

L” for Jacob Leser manufacture

serving at National Headquarters as Vice Chief of Naval Staff and as the Fourth Member of the Naval Board in 1949

yellow and black embroidery

War Medal 1939-1945 with MID oak leaf

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Gebrüder Godet & Co. GTRexclude L” for Jacob Leser manufacture(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 with a central applique in the form of a black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the eagle with detailed gilt feathering, the twelve oclock arm bearing an integral loop connecting to a ribbed suspension