Germany, Wehrmacht. A 4-Year Long Service Award, on Single Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the

nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the throat are held in place via single screws on either side

number 2872 on May 9

the obverse presents the right facing bust of Maximilian Joseph

and the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords

with four visible rivets

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 4-Year Long Service Award, on Single Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac nickel-plated ornate-designed fittings at the(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer Kriegsmarine device and affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITFHUL