but experienced collector’s believe this to depict the manufacturing characteristics of early war manufacture (judging from the hand-cut details on the left wing) of “Friedrich Linden
and one small enamel flake on reverse center shield
and bearing a single hand-embroidered gull within an oval oak leaf wreath
Accompanied by its 10 mm x 25 mm Ribbon Bar
Type II (1963-Date)
Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Ribbon Bars, Post-1945 Assembly certificate_of_authenticity but experienced collector’s believe this(Bandschnallen). A pair of ribbon bars, including: 1. One featuring eleven decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, a 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class, a Prussian Red Eagle Order, a Prussian Merit Cross, a Bavarian Military Merit Cross with Crown and Swords, an Imperial Red Cross Medal, an Honour Cross of the World War 1914 1918 for Combatants, a Wehrmacht Long Service Award with Luftwaffe device, a Second Wehrmacht Long Service Award