Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decoration Buy Now " on the pinback base

" on the pinback base

measuring 17 mm (w) x 20 mm (h)

minor interruptions in the bullion on the wings and paper loss on the reverse

7 grand officers and 4 grand cordons per year

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decoration Buy Now " on the pinback base(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled and ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised German nationale eagle set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),