Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award Hold each forming the centrepiece of

each forming the centrepiece of gilt laurel branches

measuring 120 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

The reverse ricasso is etched with a large diamond enclosing puma (a mountain lion’s head)

BERLIN UND GNESEN”

And every day the growing suffering of the civilian population are “justified” and “forgiven” in the name of the GREAT WESTERN OFFENSIVE

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award Hold each forming the centrepiece of(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 20 Jahre treue Dienste fr Mnner). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from a metal clasp with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR 40 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN (REICHSNHRSTAND