RARE GERMAN WWII CROSS CIVIL WELFARE 1st CLASS for NECK
Ehrenzeichen fur Deutsche Volkspflege Award Cross. This cross is one of the rarer German WWII civil badges. The award was introduced to recognize German citizens for meritorious services in welfare, such as the Winterhilfswerk winter charities. There were four classes of this award, and this sample is from the 1st class level with enamel on both sides.
CONDITION: The item is in very good, used condition. For additional information, please refer to the pictures.
PROVENANCE: 1. Property from the estate of A.Risner, San Francisco, California, USA, March 11, 2009; 2. Our sale of this item adds another layer of provenance (please print this page). History of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection.
REFERENCEs: Detlev Niemann 'Price Guide. Orders and decorations Germany', 2004, page 270, catalogue price is 1,200 EURO ($1,500 - 20 years ago). Lothar Hartung, catalogue 'Auszeichnungen des 3. Reiches', spezialkatalog 2005/2006, item 300, page 98, catalogue price is 1,900 EURO ($2,400).
ESTIMATED PRICE: $500 - $1,500 (significantly lower than today's market price).
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HISTORY: The Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV), meaning 'National Socialist People's Welfare', was a social welfare organization during the Third Reich. The NSV was established in 1933, shortly after the NSDAP took power in Germany. Its seat was in Berlin. The structure of the NSV was based on the Nazi Party model, with local, county (Kreis) and group administrations. With 17 million Germans receiving assistance under the auspices of National Socialist Peoples Welfare (NSV) by 1939, the agency 'projected a powerful image of caring and support'. The National Socialists provided a plethora of social welfare programs under the Nazi concept of Volksgemeinschaft which promoted the collectivity of a 'peoples community' where citizens would sacrifice themselves for the greater good. The NSV operated '8,000 day-nurseries' by 1939, and funded holiday homes for mothers, distributed additional food for large families, and was involved with a 'wide variety of other facilities'.

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