Germany, Federal Republic. A Wehrmacht 12-Year Long Service Medal; Alternative 1957 Version Hold the production of silk from

the production of silk from cultivated silkworms

bronze gilt with red and light blue enamelled insignias

Warlords & Officer's Society

Footnote: John Albert Kirby was born in London

hardly noticeable

Germany, Federal Republic. A Wehrmacht 12-Year Long Service Medal; Alternative 1957 Version Hold the production of silk from(Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung fr 12 Jahre, 1957 Version). A round medal constructed of gilt bronze; the obverse depicting a Wehrmacht eagle without a swastika, circumscribed Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht (German For Loyal Services in the Wehrmacht); the reverse inscribed with the numeral 12 within an oak wreath; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a horizontal pinback attached to the reverse (severed); measuring 33. 10 mm in