Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction and Shoulder Flash (white embroidered

and Shoulder Flash (white embroidered lettering on a maroon base

marked "987" (silver) and assay office marked "K" (Kosice) on the pin

John with Three Five Year Service Clasps (silvered base metal

all with cardboard backers

the snake and caduceus insignia in bronze below

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Merit In Animal Breeding, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction and Shoulder Flash (white embroidered(Medaille fr Leistungen in Tierzucht mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IN DER TIERZUCHT (FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN ANIMAL BREEDING), circumscribed by an inscription of DER REICHSMINISTER FR ERNHRUNG UND LANDWIRTSCHAFT (THE REICH MINISTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE), unmarked, measuring 50 mm in