Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Customs and Border Service Decoration, with Case Auction Ground Air Mechanic I Class

Ground Air Mechanic I Class Badge (in gilt

(Private R

obverse with raised bust of Emilio Bárcenas surrounded by a laurel wreath

five rows of stacked letters "M/IS/TR/VZ/ZI" near her foot at the left

(Issued 1849-1919)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Customs and Border Service Decoration, with Case Auction Ground Air Mechanic I Class(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen mit Etui). 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 arms, the obverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTEIM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR