Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the 14th Field Regiment and

the 14th Field Regiment and the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Pearce at once collected the only spare tank

an anchor (made in Birmingham) and date marked "b" (1901) on the reverse of the two-headed eagle's tail

with separation on both sides of the spine exposing the underlying mesh support

a sheet metal hinge with a missing through-pin currently replaced by wire

Germany, Third Reich. A Reichsnährstand Bavaria 40-Year Faithful Service Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the 14th Field Regiment and(Reichsnhrstand Landesbauernschaft Bayern Ehrenzeichen fr 20 Jahre treue Dienste fr Mnner). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from a metal clasp with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Reichsnhrstand (RNST) insignia, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR 40 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE), circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSNHRSTAND LANDESBAUERNSCHAFT BAYERN (REICHSNHRSTAND