Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 25-Year Long Service Decoration Auction Archive again stitched end-to-end

again stitched end-to-end

Banks & Biddle were contracted to produce standard eagles and by the 1960s they were the official insignia maker

It is dated to Berlin on January 18

the six o’clock arm marked with a “W” for maker Wagner & Sohn

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 25-Year Long Service Decoration Auction Archive again stitched end-to-end(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht fr 4 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 39. 85 mm (w) x 44. 96 mm (h), weighing 19. 3 grams, accompanied by its period original wax paper issue