Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration Archive then posted to the Hospital

then posted to the Hospital Section

57 mm (w) x 39

measuring 144 mm (w) x 103 mm (h)

The insignia is constructed of a single

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration Archive then posted to the Hospital(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE