Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Robert W

Footnote: Robert W

presumed to have died" and subsequently was declared "Killed in Action"

he left for the 3rd Entrenchment Battalion in the field on January 20

ten with screwbacks

silver thread on a black rayon field

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Robert W(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central laurel wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an analogous wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR LOYAL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION), unmarked, measuring 42. 85 mm (w) x