Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Auction Archive Footnote: The 90th Panzer Grenadier

Footnote: The 90th Panzer Grenadier Division was formed in Sardinia (an island in the Mediterranean) in June 1943

New Hampshire for duty in connection with the fitting out of USS Flying Fish (SS-229) and duty on board when commissioned on September 22

The chin strap shows moderate cracks on the inward facing side from use

Recipients are the only Americans authorized to wear the "Vice Presidential Seal or Coat of Arms" on their uniforms or civilian clothes

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchy. A Landwehr Long Service Clasp, Ii Class Auction Archive Footnote: The 90th Panzer Grenadier(Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung, II. Klasse Bandschnalle). Constructed of blackened magnetic metal, with a bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, with a period original ribbon band bearing the monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm, unmarked, measuring 46 mm (w) x 24 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.