Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years GTRexclude RES: BDE: R

RES: BDE: R

surrounded by a wide blue circular frame

Each strap has a 32

It became one of the most prestigious orders in Europe

Footnote: Carl-Alfred Schumacher (1896–1967) fought in the First and Second World War

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, II Class for 15 Years GTRexclude RES: BDE: R(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, II. Klasse fr 15 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink alloy with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled disc overlaid by a circular oak leaf wreath topped by a German national eagle clutching a