Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive on a 77 mm long

on a 77 mm long fine-link chain with pinback

unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of the widely-documented B

His last known whereabouts were in February 1945

A Military and Civil Merit Order of Nassau

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (“FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT”) joined together at the bottom by laurel branches

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive on a 77 mm long(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Bandschnalle). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and gently pebbled arms 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 reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf