Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Auction A Gold Maltese cross with

A Gold Maltese cross with white enamels

uniform-removed

with an additional "53" size stamp to the right of the maker mark

3d pattern for officers

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case and Ribbon Bar Auction A Gold Maltese cross with(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III Klasse fr 10 Jahre). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central raised oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised oak leaf