Germany, Nsdap. A 25 Year Long Service Award Archive but the Iron Cross extremely

but the Iron Cross extremely well preserved

Footnote: “Thing” is an antique Germanic word meaning an assembly or gathering of free men

with the poem inscribed below in Old-English type: "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses

two stitched to the underside of each side and one attached to the O-Ring via an aluminum post

the reverse presents the writing stating Hauptmann Boelcke in black ink

Germany, Nsdap. A 25 Year Long Service Award Archive but the Iron Cross extremely(NSDAP Dienstauszeichnungen). Gold Grade award for 25 years of service, constructed of gilded tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with sun rays between the quadrants of each arm, the obverse with a central silvered NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the obverse with central silvered inscription TREUE FR FHRER UND VOLK (LOYALTY FOR THE FHRER AND PEOPLE), on loop for suspension from its