Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Buy Now Measures 30mm

Measures 30mm

and a static black swastika in the center

In an ironic twist

The certificate states that Oberjäger (Senior Rifleman) Josef Lemmen of the 13th Company of Mountain Troop Regiment 738 was awarded the Small Silver Merit Medal on May 30

pressed fabric reverse

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Buy Now Measures 30mm(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse). Instituted 8 June 1871 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig III. (1871 913 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, affixed to a bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback and period original length of ribbon, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 34 mm (h), in very fine condition.