Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold One shows the Heinkel fighter

One shows the Heinkel fighter plane He 51

6th Cavalry Regiment (two-piece construction

Accompanied by a Golden HJ Honour Badge award certificate issued to Franz Balzar from Betzdorf (Western Germany)

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

He was promoted to Squadron Leader on February 1

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, Iv Class Hold One shows the Heinkel fighter(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