Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Archive fabric wear and wire fraying

fabric wear and wire fraying evident on the embroidered patch

that worked on Germany's western defenses

surrounded by the Latin inscription "PIVS XI PONT MAX ANNO JVBILAEI"

the quadrants joined by Luftwaffe eagles clutching mobile swastika

the recessed medal bed in violet fabric)

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Archive fabric wear and wire fraying(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by rays, the obverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath