Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Hesse-Nassau Meritorious Sheep Breeding Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including light fraying and soiling

including light fraying and soiling on the interior liner at the armpits

7 mm (w) x 84 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

illegible maker’s mark on the reverse

maker’s mark of “STEINHAUER & LÜCK

Relief of Pekin (L

Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Hesse-Nassau Meritorious Sheep Breeding Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including light fraying and soiling(Reichsnhrstand Medaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a sheep, the reverse bearing a central raised Reichsnhrstand insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT HESSEN NASSAU, unmarked, measuring 38 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.