Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, I Class certificate_of_authenticity Military Long Service Cross

Military Long Service Cross

because stubbornness and lack of empathy in a younger man would only lead to conflict

measuring 45 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)

this time with the 256th Infantry Battalion (1099157) on January 19

with the Reuß royal crown directly above

Germany, Third Reich. A Social Welfare Medal, I Class certificate_of_authenticity Military Long Service Cross(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege I. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse overlaid by a finely detailed black enameled German national eagle with feathering highlighted in gilt, clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock arm with an integral loop and suspension ring connecting to a period original