Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Province of China dated to Erfurt (Thuringia) on

dated to Erfurt (Thuringia) on 7 March 1908

measuring 84mm in length

on a bow-tied ribbon with pinback

mounted to a five-sided brass suspension with pinback

the obverse with a central silvered bronze medallion depicting the rightward facing bust of Franz Joseph

Germany, RAD. A Long Service Award, III Class for 12 Years Province of China dated to Erfurt (Thuringia) on(Dienstauszeichnung Reichsarbeitsdienst, III. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Constructed of a silvered alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a double sided oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Reicharbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika and flanked by wheat stalks, the