Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand 40-Year Long Service Award Archive number 95930

number 95930

after pulling back to a clearing near Hill 427 in the early morning hours

inscribed in German "Botschafter OSHIMA" (Ambassador Oshima) at the bottom

A Bulgarian Order of the Red Banner

5 Canadian Field Ambulance the same day

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand 40-Year Long Service Award Archive number 95930(Reichsnhrstand Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre Treue Dienste). Constructed of feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia in the form of a German national eagle perched on top of a pedestal overlaid by an inscription of BLUT UND BODEN (BLOOD AND SOIL) and a mobile swastika defaced by a sword and wheat stalk, situated above a number 40 and inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a