Germany, NSDAP. A Rare Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac bearing a handwritten inscription of

bearing a handwritten inscription of “TEDESCA” (“GERMAN”)

CVSM with Overseas bar: 1939-45 War Medal

where he had horses and operated most types of farm machinery from 1923 to 1931

A veteran’s armband

as the vessel was sunk by US fighter-bombers during its first patrol with its new commander on 15 July

Germany, NSDAP. A Rare Long Service Award, I Class for 25 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac bearing a handwritten inscription of(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Three piece construction of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms, all joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, overlaid by a central white enameled medallion, surrounded by a circular oak leaf wreath, in turn overlaid by an NSDAP style German national eagle