Order of Welfare

Officer`s Cross, 1st Type, 51x32 mm, gilt Silver badge with pale blue and green enameled details, the centre with the image of the Virgin and the Child Jesus Christ in the finest enamel work, within a white enameled circlet with inscription, reverse medallion with royal monogram "G II " (for King George II), hinged crown suspension and original ribbon, in cardboard case. A rare cross of this order instituted in 1948 and awarded to noble, high ranking ladies for exceptional humanitarian merits, extremely fine condition. I R!