German NSDAP Long Service Medals & Merit Cross Button Ribbon

Nice ribbon button hole badge with four awards. Measures 25mm in width with an unmarked black celluloid button. The first ribbon is the 1939 Military Merit Cross followed by a Hindenburg Cross without swords. The last to are NSDAP ribbons for 10 and 15 years of faithful service. Nice rarer item.

The award was given in three grades of ten years, fifteen years, and twenty-five years of service. On its reverse side, each award had emblazoned the inscription, in German: Treue für Führer und Volk (“Loyalty to Leader and People”). The service award was a four-pointed cross (Ordenskreuz) cross with slightly curved arms. In the centre of the cross is the national eagle with an oak leaf wreath. Between the arms were rays, which was suspended from a 30mm ribbon. On 2 April 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered its institution for male and female members of the NSDAP who met certain qualifications. The award was first given out on 30 January 1940.