Germany, Third Reich. A Medal for Merit in Animal Breeding Newly Listed with twelve colour plates printed

with twelve colour plates printed on a white coated paper stock inserted between pages 200 and 201

measuring 52 mm (w) x 95 mm (h) x 22 mm (d)

2nd Class c

48mm x 48mm

retaining a black-and-white studio photo of Ressl

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal for Merit in Animal Breeding Newly Listed with twelve colour plates printed(Medaille fr Leistungen in Tierzucht). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle in flight clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription Fr Besondere Leistungen in der Tierzucht (For Exceptional Merit in Animal Breeding), circumscribed by the inscription Der Reichsminister fr Ernhrung und Landwirtschaft (The Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture), unmarked, measuring 64. 4 mm in