Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Hold the obverse with a central

the obverse with a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika

Knight by V

all of which are open on the right side

but by the time he reached the age to enter the Naval Academy they were no longer accepting applicants due to the Spanish-American War

Germany, NSDAP. A Long Service Award, III Class for 10 Years, with Case Hold the obverse with a central(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP, III. Klasse fr 10 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 2 April 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the revere bearing a