Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac very lightly and carefully worn

very lightly and carefully worn

and a small chip to the obverse handle grip

marked "636 / Postkartenvertrieb W

He disappeared on 12 February 1945 during an attempted breakout from the Siege of Budapest

the obverse of which presents with a lacquered black leather finish

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac very lightly and carefully worn(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 20 Jahre treue Dienste fr Mnner). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from a metal clasp with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR 40 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN (REICHSNHRSTAND