Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Province of China (Suomen Valkoisen Russun Ritarikunta)

(Suomen Valkoisen Russun Ritarikunta)

the young Lieutenant succumbed to his wounds

(Simplified Chinese: 曹锟

he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class

bearing double-sided white discs measuring 26 cm in diameter situated just off-centre

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Province of China (Suomen Valkoisen Russun Ritarikunta)(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht fr 25 Jahre an Einzelspange). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a horizontal pinback and Heer Kriegsmarine device, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a