Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Long Service Badge In Silver, With Case Newly Listed measuring 13 mm (w) x

measuring 13 mm (w) x 11 mm (h)

He was one of twenty-two men on the latest casualty list of the time

inside covers with period newspaper pages pasted in place

the division withdrew towards the Reich border in the early months of 1945

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Long Service Badge In Silver, With Case Newly Listed measuring 13 mm (w) x(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre Treue Dienste mit Etui). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of a stylized scalloped oval border, with a central raised Reichsnhrstand insignia consisting of a mobile swastika overlaid by a sword and wheat stalk, with each corner joined by an oak leaf, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN in runic script, the reverse with a barrel hinge