Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Republic of perhaps to Anglicize his German

perhaps to Anglicize his German surname

A pair of shoulder boards for an officer in the Order of Malta

the exterior overlaid by a red wool disc bearing a hand-embroidered silver-grey Sig rune

marked HANCOCK on inside lid

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, II Class Republic of perhaps to Anglicize his German(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege II. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, overlaid by a German national eagle executed in black enamels with gilt feathering and highlights, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 51. 66 mm (w) x 51. 66 mm