Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 12-Year Long Service Decoration, Luftwaffe Issue consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by the inscription FRID

surrounded by the inscription FRID

measuring 238 mm x 154 mm

with elasticized straps stitched in place to the leather panels on either side

Parvillers - August 12

two governmen cap eagles

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 12-Year Long Service Decoration, Luftwaffe Issue consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by the inscription FRID(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht fr 12 Jahre). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Luftwaffe device, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT), the reverse bearing a central wreathed number 4, unmarked, measuring 30. 18 mm in