Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Auction Archive compass with crossed hammers above

compass with crossed hammers above square with gear insignia

with an Officer class being added in 1940

red-enameled scroll reads “СЛАВА”

a Letter from a Veteran

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award, on Parade Mount Auction Archive compass with crossed hammers above(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht fr 25 Jahre an Einzelspange). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded tombak, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a single parade mount with a horizontal pinback and Heer Kriegsmarine device, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a