Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Auction Archive a Letter from a Veteran

a Letter from a Veteran

the twelve o’clock arm topped by a double-sided circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a pair of crossed swords

He was serving with the Tribal Class Destroyer HMS Matabele (G 26)

compass with crossed hammers above square with gear insignia

(Zivil-Verdienstorden Ritterkreuz 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Auction Archive a Letter from a Veteran(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht fr 25 Jahre an Einzelspange). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a horizontal pinback and Heer Kriegsmarine device, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a