Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Kurhessen 25-Year Long Service Badge Auction Archive with field-gray finish

with field-gray finish

The smock was cut to generous proportions

with only minor white enamel cracks from wear

at the age of 84

Germany, Rnst. A Reichsnährstand Kurhessen 25-Year Long Service Badge Auction Archive with field-gray finish(Reichsnhrstand Dienstauszeichnung fr 25 Jahre). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised Reichsnhrstand insignia consisting of a German national eagle perched on a pedestal, the latter bearing an inscription of BLUT UND BODEN (BLOOD AND SOIL), above a mobile swastika overlaid by a wheat stalk and sword, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT KURHESSEN, the reverse bearing a central raised