Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Long Service Cross, I Class For 15 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Each chinstrap features additional leather

Each chinstrap features additional leather crescent adornments with reverse slits

8 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring suspension)

who went on to become a famous chemist and experimental physicist

including total deterioration of its binding and wear throughout

who served with the Luftwaffe Field Battalion (a probationary unit with a notoriously high casualty rate)

Hesse, Grand Duchy. A Long Service Cross, I Class For 15 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Each chinstrap features additional leather(Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse fr 15 Jahre). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period original affixed to a trapezoidal bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a raised central crown, the reverse bearing a raised central number 15 in Roman numerals, unmarked, measuring 37. 34 mm (w) x 42. 01 mm (h), in overall near extremely fine condition.