Germany, Rad. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years GTRexclude Also includes RCAF Sweetheart pin

Also includes RCAF Sweetheart pin (silver and enamels

(Ritterkreuz)

the crossed Swords were introduced in 1917 as a further distinction for personal bravery before the enemy

the reverse presents a white enamel centerpiece inscribed PROVI DENTIAE MEMOR surrounded by a thin green enamel ring and gilt detailing

A First War American 3rd Army

Germany, Rad. A Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years GTRexclude Also includes RCAF Sweetheart pin(Dienstauszeichnung der Reichsarbeitsdienst, I Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel overlaid by a mobile swastika, set within wheat stalks, the reverse bearing a