Germany, NSDAP. A Mint Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years Province of China 2nd Battery

2nd Battery

He is remembered above all for bringing upon Paraguay the catastrophic war against the Triple Alliance of Argentina

took receipt of his War Medal 1939-1945

with total loss of silver finish and some oxidation evident

March 1852

Germany, NSDAP. A Mint Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years Province of China 2nd Battery(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP II. Klasse fr 15 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with blue enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by rays, the obverse overlaid by a central blue enameled medallion bearing a silvered circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed