Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude (“Staff of the First Universal

(“Staff of the First Universal Census of the General Population 1897”)

including a 1936 badge

the one D-ring attached to a free-moving slider to the left of the buckle

Signed Otto Meissner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Wehrmacht Long Service Cross, Ii Class For 18 Years GTRexclude (“Staff of the First Universal(Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Heer Kriegsmarine clasp, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse with a central Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a central number 18 on a pebbled background, unmarked, measuring 36. 36 mm (w) x 40. 40 mm (h), weighing