Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Case, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude The blade is unmarked and

The blade is unmarked and sits securely within a gilded brass hilt complete with a hand guard

5 cm (w) x 74 cm (l)

71 mm in diameter

hardly used

a petition to release prisoner of war Heinzel

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Case, by Förster & Barth GTRexclude The blade is unmarked and(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of a light bronzed alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and ribbed borders, joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the