Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive assisting in the operation of

assisting in the operation of a substation switchboard

including a six-ribbon bar with a 1914 Iron Cross Second Class

A Fine miniature portrait of Russian officer wearing George Cross

and its responsibility was to bring the larger aircraft that had the range to do the trip over the ocean from American and Canadian factories to the RAF home Commands

Footnote: Private Thomas Hudson’s award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was   announced in the London Gazette of 18-07-1917

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive assisting in the operation of(Zollgrenzschutz Dienstauszeichnung mit Miniatur). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944). Co747n1structed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),