Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction The loss of trained aviators

The loss of trained aviators was irreparable

Measuring 215 mm (w) x 303 mm (h)

It features stamped air vents and a raw edge along the entire helmet

with only some wear on the swastika and one of the eagle's wings

unmarked with a vertical fluted pinback

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, Early Aluminum Variant with Ribbon Bar by Paul Meybauer Auction The loss of trained aviators(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Bandschnalle). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and gently 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 reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf