Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1915 with a strength of

1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 942 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F

and two buttons (in brass

but is overall exceptionally well preserved

Barthelmy was captured and imprisoned by the Germans

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1915 with a strength of(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). 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 and 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 revere bearing a