Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Auction Archive A Pre Second War Latvian

A Pre Second War Latvian Artillery Badge - Badge in silvered bronze

surface oxidation evident on the edge

Iron Cross 1st Class 1939 by Maker 65 -  Iron core/magnetic

In silvered bronze with red and white enamels

as well as a Wehrmacht 3rd and 4th Class

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Auction Archive A Pre Second War Latvian(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled and ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised German nationale eagle set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),