Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive regarding Dixon's release from service

regarding Dixon's release from service on "sufficient grounds"

the reverse with an integral hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

with some of its period original ribbon

with an inseam of 670 mm and an overall length of 1020 mm

An Iron Cross Second Class 1914 by Carl Dilenius - With toned silver frame

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class, By Otto Schickle Archive regarding Dixon's release from service(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 bearing a central black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by a ribbed suspension ring bearing two oak leaves, in turn connecting to a