A National Socialist People's Welfare Sisterhood Nursing Badge GTRexclude 3 mm and 18

3 mm and 18

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on July 31

Very fine quality cross

Marked 13 - Silvered and blackened zinc

then officially reported as a Prisoner of War at Giessen three weeks later

A National Socialist People's Welfare Sisterhood Nursing Badge GTRexclude 3 mm and 18Solid silver with gilt wreath, number impressed "51", marked "800" (silver) and "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) on the reverse, obverse with the NSV (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt) insignia in the centre, inscribed "NS" above and "Schwelternschaft" below, surrounded by a full wreath of laurel leaves, 42. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, contact marks and scattered tarnishing, better than very fine. Footnote: Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt