Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Archive literature and the fine arts

literature and the fine arts

Not many young men tried harder to get into World War I nor

27mm (h) x 32

leaning slightly forward

topped by an integral loop connecting to a crossed sword clasp with a ring affixed to a period original ribbon

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Archive literature and the fine arts(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by rays, the obverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath