Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, Iii Class Bar certificate_of_authenticity -FÜHRUNG" and maker marked "FECHLER

-FÜHRUNG" and maker marked "FECHLER BERNSBACH / SA

He served in Sicily and then in Libya with the Afrika Corps

in silver gilt a with the characteristic Laos tri-elephant design in white and red enamels

It was on the nonfiction best-seller list of The New York Times for 80 weeks and was No

with unfinished central medallions and sun rays between the quadrants

Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration, Iii Class Bar certificate_of_authenticity -FÜHRUNG" and maker marked "FECHLERA rectangular bar constructed of iron and silver, the obverse bears the cipher F. W. III. (Friedrich Wilhelm III), on a blackened background, on a blue ribbon with black stripes, the reverse is plain and bears a horizontal pinback, measuring 44. 50 mm (w) x 3. 84 mm (h), very fine.