Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award Newly Listed Instituted 2 December 1849 by

Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

5-7th June 1917

otherwise good condition

German and French

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 25-Year Long Service Award Newly Listed Instituted 2 December 1849 by(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon with Heer Kriegsmarine device, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised number 25, unmarked, measuring 40.