Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet GTRexclude /12" on the flanking undersides

/12" on the flanking undersides of the crossguard

2 Canadian Field Ambulance also noting that McTurk was "consciuous of (his) heart and is not breathless"

Footnote: The Crimea Shield was awarded to all members of the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe who were active in the Crimea campaign between 21 September 1941 and 4 July 1942

surrounded by the inscription LUDOVICUS II MAGN

with the underside of each strap in brown wool with a reinforced button hole

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Decoration, I Class With Case, By Gebrder Godet GTRexclude /12" on the flanking undersides(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 black enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring bearing dual oak leaves, unmarked,