Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years Auction Archive on Army field green cloth

on Army field green cloth cloth backing

Germany (Third Reich): War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (silvered tombac

necessitating the reprint

On 21 February 1945

The set is contained in an original case of issue featuring a velvet blue exterior

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years Auction Archive on Army field green cloth(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, II. Klasse fr 15 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink alloy with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled disc overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath topped by a German national eagle clutching a