Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist War Victim’s Care Honour Badge, Gau Level, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac slight undulation evident on the

slight undulation evident on the Talavera clasp

with a well-stitched seam visible on the reverse

A neck badge

Major-General Sir Frederick William Benson died of illness at his post

Germany, Third Reich. A National Socialist War Victim’s Care Honour Badge, Gau Level, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac slight undulation evident on the(Nationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white diamond bearing a gilded National Socialist War Victims Care (NSKOV) insignia, situated within a red enameled border, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked with the logo of Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 28. 18 mm (w) x 38. 90 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.