Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Award Hold constructed of golden embroidery on

constructed of golden embroidery on a black rayon base

Grade I with 1915-1917

Footnote Major Graf: Hermann Graf (1912–1988) was a highly decorated Luftwaffe ace during the Second World War

1919 in New Salem

One clasp: 1879

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Award Hold constructed of golden embroidery on(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