Germany, Wehrmacht. A 12-Year Long Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He joined the Imperial navy

He joined the Imperial navy in 1905

the insertion end exhibiting extensive wear and fraying in the gray wool and is coming away from the body of the belt

MADE FROM PIECE OF THE DOME OF LIGHTHOUSE ON HELLES POINT

1908-1944 Order of St

touches of red embroidery representing the eagle's eye and mouth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 12-Year Long Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He joined the Imperial navy(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht, III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer Kriegsmarine device, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE WEHRMACHT), the reverse bearing a