Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Hold these last two privately impressed

these last two privately impressed LT

Naval Reserve Program at the University of Texas in Austin

Constructed of blackened magnetic iron

to return for service in the French theatre

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Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Hold these last two privately impressed(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),