Germany, Third Reich. An Unusual Customs And Border Protection Long Service Award In Bronze Archive Constructed of dark green (Flaschengrün)

Constructed of dark green (Flaschengrün) wool

It features fleece lined earphones which are housed in aluminum hemi-spherical domes

grayish-blue cloth reinforcing backer with traces of the silver bullion threading exposed

It was primarily awarded to foreign and Italian Catholics who had provided extraordinary military and civil services to the State

(Khan Wali Muhammad Kahn st Jany 1943)

Germany, Third Reich. An Unusual Customs And Border Protection Long Service Award In Bronze Archive Constructed of dark green (Flaschengrün)(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of solid, patinated bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, within a laurel wreath, the reverse with an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION), unmarked, measuring 43. 1 mm (w) x 43. 4 mm (h), weighing 39. 8 grams (without