Duitsland (3e Rijk), onderscheiding 'Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege 2. Stufe'.

Duitsland (Derde Rijk), 'Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege 2. Stufe'. Geëmailleerd zilveren draagteken, op de achterzijde gemerkt 'Ges. gesch.'. Afmeting 45 x 45 mm. (Zeldzaam). Prijs € 575.-

Deutschland (Drittes Reich). Das Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege 2. Stufe. Deutsche staatliche Auszeichnung, gestiftet am 1. Mai 1939 zur Würdigung von Verdiensten im Bereich der sozialen Fürsorge, des Rettungswesens und der allgemeinen „Volkspflege“.

 The Social Welfare Decoration (Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege) was a German Civil Award created by Adolf Hitler on May 1, 1939, for services in the social sector. The decoration was issued in three classes and was awarded for a wide variety of service, in the social sector, to the German state. Qualifying service would have been with Winterhilfswerk, National Socialist People's Welfare, medical and rescue work, or care of foreign and ethnic Germans. As a replacement for the German Red Cross Decoration, it was conferred in four classes, consisting of a white-enameled gold Balkenkreuz with Reich eagle and swastika. The main requirement for the award was that the service rendered should be to the benefit of the civil population. Reinhard Heydrich was awarded the decoration for his running of the Gestapo in the 1930s and for providing "security" to the German people.