Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Kurhessen 25-Year Long Service Badge United Republic of Lieutenant General Sir Arthur W

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur W

who had taken over the reigns of the reginent in 1889

The original recommendation states:  ‘During the whole operations on Vimy Ridge commencing 9 April 1917

she sunk the U-257

1945: Dear Mother

Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Kurhessen 25-Year Long Service Badge United Republic of Lieutenant General Sir Arthur W(Reichsnhrstand Dienstauszeichnung fr 25 Jahre). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised Reichsnhrstand insignia consisting of a German national eagle perched on a pedestal, the latter bearing an inscription of BLUT UND BODEN (BLOOD AND SOIL), above a mobile swastika overlaid by a wheat stalk and sword, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT KURHESSEN, the reverse bearing a central raised