Description
diagonal pinback (previously repaired)
he already had twenty-three years Imperial Service
The document is dated to Düsseldorf on September 1
topped by a red toorie
the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch
Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration Auction diagonal pinback (previously repaired)(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTEIM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL