Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Case, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude 71 mm in diameter

71 mm in diameter

dying in a prisoner of war camp from a “weak heart” on 5 September 1945

including a circular plate for the Alpenländischen Verband der Kriegsteilnehmer (Alpine Association of Veterans)

The blade is unmarked and sits securely within a gilded brass hilt complete with a hand guard

(Luftwaffe Kragenspiegel für Major der Sanitätstruppe)

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Case, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude 71 mm in diameter(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of a light bronzed alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and ribbed borders, 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