Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Hold but by the time he

but by the time he reached the age to enter the Naval Academy they were no longer accepting applicants due to the Spanish-American War

in bronze gilt with white and black enamels

the sidewalls are lined in a champagne-coloured rayon

signing his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper as a Private (3233548)

connecting to its period original sash ribbon with a functional magnetic metal spring clip

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