Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Eight badges in brass

Eight badges in brass

49 mm x 16

Footnote: According to Library & Archives Canada

(33158193)

It is signed by 2nd Lieutenant John Y

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Eight badges in brass(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 ribbed and pebbled arms, 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 wreath, surrounding a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE