Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Newly Listed During WWII

During WWII

The interior content consists of 373 white paper stock pages with an extensive study of both firearms and edged weapons employed during the conflict

near-total loss of nickel plating to the hilt

In silvered bronze with blue

with a further integral loop connecting to a suspension ring with a period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Newly Listed During WWII(Besitzzeugnis zum Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse). A rare Schutztruppe (Protection Force, encompassing the colonial troops for Germanys African colonies) award document, constructed of off white paper stock with black ink, featuring a handwritten dedication to UNTEROFFIZIER CARL GERHARD BELZ, a member of the Schutztruppe stationed in German South West Africa (primarily encompassing modern day Namibia), aged 25 and a native of Neuhof, Fulda district,