Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award Hold Army Long Command Merit Medal

Army Long Command Merit Medal

the obverse bearing a illegible engraver’s mark

measuring 125 mm (w) x 84 mm (h)

measuring 120 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

the reverse featuring a beaver sitting on a chest with the date 1874 below

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award Hold Army Long Command Merit Medal(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 20 Jahre treue Dienste fr Mnner). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from a metal clasp with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR 40 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN (REICHSNHRSTAND