Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Gau Hessen-Nassau Nsdap Old Guard Medal Hold greening evident in the silver

greening evident in the silver bullion

by a Hauptmann

with a variety of clasps

measuring 139 mm (w) x 89 mm (h)

red bakelite

Germany, Nsdap. A 1936 Gau Hessen-Nassau Nsdap Old Guard Medal Hold greening evident in the silver(NSDAP Gau Hessen Nassau Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised figure holding a sword and shield, surrounded by raised inscriptions of RHEIN and MAIN, the reverse with a central raised inscription of DAS ALTE FHRERKORPS DER NSDAP (THE OLD LEADERSHIP CORPS OF THE NSDAP), circumscribed by a raised inscription of TREFFEN HESSEN NASSAU 1936 (HESSEN