Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Waffen-SS Stahlhelm M40 mit Emblem)

(Waffen-SS Stahlhelm M40 mit Emblem)

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "b" (1901) on the reverse of the two-headed eagle's tail

the 14th Field Regiment and the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

formally entering the freemason society

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Waffen-SS Stahlhelm M40 mit Emblem)(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 20 Jahre treue Dienste fr Mnner). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from a metal clasp with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR 40 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN (REICHSNHRSTAND