Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Period Case, by Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity Private Alfred Townsend

Private Alfred Townsend

29mm (w) x 42

measures 130mm (w) x 180 mm (h)

centre motif biplane flying over a landscape

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years with Period Case, by Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity Private Alfred Townsend(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of a bronzed aluminum alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with its 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