Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand 40-Year Long Service Award Province of China their true original recipient was

their true original recipient was determined to be this British chaplain

the lower right corner bearing an embossed studio mark of “V

West Coast

with silvered bronze hardware and one identifying stamp on the central panel

Mayer (Type A)

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand 40-Year Long Service Award Province of China their true original recipient was(Reichsnhrstand Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre Treue Dienste). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia in the form of a German national eagle perched on top of a pedestal overlaid by an inscription of BLUT UND BODEN (BLOOD AND SOIL) and a mobile swastika defaced by a sword and wheat stalk, situated above a number 40 and inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a