Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Hold in bronze gilt with white

in bronze gilt with white and black enamels

the obverse with a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika

stating that he had had previous military service with the 7th Regiment

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but by the time he reached the age to enter the Naval Academy they were no longer accepting applicants due to the Spanish-American War

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Hold in bronze gilt with white(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and 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 revere bearing a