Germany, Nsdap. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 15 Years Auction marked on reverse RK in

marked on reverse RK in circle (for Rudolf Karneth & Sohn

It is signed in blue ink by Lieutenant General and Division Commander of the 2nd Mountain Division Willibald Utz (1893–1954)

and burned at the stake

his regiment 502d Parachute Infantry

It is decorated with a well-detailed silvered aluminum Luftwaffe eagle insignia on the peak and an oak leaf wreath with stylized wings and cockade on the band

Germany, Nsdap. A Long Service Decoration, Ii Class For 15 Years Auction marked on reverse RK in(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, II. Klasse fr 15 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a ribbed frame and blue enameled arms, the quadrants joined by radiant silvered sun rays, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika within a