Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration visually-hidden 1918 but was found to

1918 but was found to be in ill health

engraved in running script "Charles W

measures 23 mm in diameter

measuring 38 mm (w) x 33 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration visually-hidden 1918 but was found to(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTEIM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL