Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Heavy Version GTRexclude the insignia sewn in place

the insignia sewn in place to the green cotton upper

An early fine quality manufacture Blockade Runner badge

the date flanked by small flowers on either side

with a date of 20 May 1942

and Bronze Grade (bronze

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Heavy Version GTRexclude the insignia sewn in place(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath bearing a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath surrounding