Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decoration Newly Listed topped by a gilt Luftwaffe

topped by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

commissioned by the Nachrichtenbüro (Information Office) of the Reichsbank

measuring 91 mm x 58 mm

52 mm x 115 mm

complemented by units composed of exiles from German-occupied Europe

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decoration Newly Listed topped by a gilt Luftwaffe(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled and ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised German nationale eagle set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),