Germany, Wehrmacht. A 12-Year Long Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating some loss of gilt

demonstrating some loss of gilt finish

55 mm x 58 mm

The Battalion sailed August 14

Similarly to the interior vest

" and dated August 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 12-Year Long Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating some loss of gilt(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht, III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a 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