Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive with a date of 31

with a date of 31 October 1918

This cufftitle measures approximately 44cm (or 18 inches) in length

Footnote: Private Thomas Hudson’s award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was   announced in the London Gazette of 18-07-1917

and its responsibility was to bring the larger aircraft that had the range to do the trip over the ocean from American and Canadian factories to the RAF home Commands

Germany, Third Reich. A Border Protection Long Service Cross, With Miniature Archive with a date of 31(Zollgrenzschutz Dienstauszeichnung mit Miniatur). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944). Co747n1structed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, within a laurel wreath, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),