Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Hold on loop for ribbon suspension

on loop for ribbon suspension

in five grades: Extraordinary Grand Cross

featuring a two-piece silvered brass Officer's buckle on the right end

his only son predeceased him

Footnote: The Swiss National Donation for Our Soldiers and Their Families Badge was created as part of a public fundraising campaign

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Hold on loop for ribbon suspension(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled and ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised German nationale eagle set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),