Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration I Class Bar For 21 Years Newly Listed ESSEX (CV-9)

ESSEX (CV-9)

the red felt of insignia secured in place via a brass plate pinned in place

centering hand embroidered Gothic script "Der Führer" in shiny silvery wire threads

in silver and gilded nickel

There is no evidence of any pips having been removed from the boards

Prussia, Kingdom. A Military Long Service Decoration I Class Bar For 21 Years Newly Listed ESSEX (CV-9)(Militar Dienstauszeichnungen) Instituted 18 June 1825. A bar of gilded non magnetic metal, bearing the cipher of Friedrich Wilhelm III (F. W. III.) on a pebbled background, affixed on a blue ribbon with yellow edges with a metal backer with horizontal pinback with a round wire catch, measuring 42. 50 mm (w) x 39. 14 mm (h), very fine.