Germany. A Luftwaffe 12-Year Long Service Medal, Mounted Court-Style certificate_of_authenticity It consisted of the 23rd

It consisted of the 23rd Fighter Group with four squadrons

catch and one rivet on reverse missing

with machine embroidered Latin script "KRETA" in the center

Some tours took as long as two years before the group returned to Belleville

with 10 ticks in-between

Germany. A Luftwaffe 12-Year Long Service Medal, Mounted Court-Style certificate_of_authenticity It consisted of the 23rd(Luftwaffe Dienstauszeichnung fr 12 Dienstjahre). A circular gilt metal (magnetic) medal; on loop for suspension; the obverse with the German eagle in the centre, circumscribed in German Gothic lettering Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht (Faithful Service in the Armed Forces); the reverse with the raised number 12 centrally within an oak wreath border; measuring 30. 26 mm in diameter; mounted on a court style with a miniature Luftwaffe eagle on the