Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive bearing a blackened inscription of

bearing a blackened inscription of “WEHRSPORT”

and Stoker A

flanked by bows of battleships ploughing through high seas

very good quality with crisp details

was hit four times by torpedoes

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive bearing a blackened inscription of(Zollgrenzschutz Dienstauszeichnung mit Miniatur). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944). Co747n1structed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),