Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Newly Listed with a nickel-plated steel blade

with a nickel-plated steel blade

chipping in evident in the red enamels above the horse's tail

founded in 1850

measuring 28 mm (w) x 59

suspended from a crown suspension

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Newly Listed with a nickel-plated steel blade(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III Klasse fr 10 Jahre). 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 arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central raised oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised oak leaf