Prussia, Kingdom. A Landwehr Long Service Cross, I Class, For 20 Years, C.1900 Archive Bronze Grade -

Bronze Grade -

blade extremely fine condition

and with original neck ribbon sewn at the ends

Footnote: The Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes was established by Heinrich Brüning in 1931 as part of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare Organization) with the slogan “None shall starve nor freeze”

36 mm x 26 mm

Prussia, Kingdom. A Landwehr Long Service Cross, I Class, For 20 Years, C.1900 Archive Bronze Grade -(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse). Instituted 4 July 1868 by King Wilhelm I. (1868 1918 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a raised of King Wilhelm I, the reverse with an analogous gilt medallion bearing a number 20 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 38. 85 mm (w) x 43. 46 mm (h),