Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold this battalion embarked for the

this battalion embarked for the United Kingdom where it was disbanded shortly after arrival

800 on the reverse ribbon tassels at 6 o’clock

marked with Paris crab denoting 800 silver fineness and manufacture between 1838-1962 on the 12 o’clock arm

overlaid by a hand-cut and etched Stuka in mid-dive

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold this battalion embarked for the(Besitzzeugnis zum Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse). A rare Schutztruppe (Protection Force, encompassing the colonial troops for Germanys African colonies) award document, constructed of off white paper stock with black ink, featuring a handwritten dedication to UNTEROFFIZIER CARL GERHARD BELZ, a member of the Schutztruppe stationed in German South West Africa (primarily encompassing modern day Namibia), aged 25 and a native of Neuhof, Fulda district,