Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A Military and Civil Merit

A Military and Civil Merit Order of Nassau

there are five stylized folds in the shape of fingers holding the order

marked L/13 on reverse (for P

the crossguard numbered "183"

within a ring of blue enamel bearing a gilt inscription of “FÜR TREUE UND VERDIENST” (“FOR LOYALTY AND MERIT”) joined together at the bottom by laurel branches

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A Military and Civil Merit(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Bandschnalle). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and gently pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf