Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig GTRexclude 1st Class for Forty Years'

1st Class for Forty Years' Service (with Army eagle clasp above laurel wreath clasp)

around a central destroyer cutting through waves

The scabbard throat is retained by two side mounted screws

the Bedforshire Militia

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Silesian Eagle, I Class, With Award Document To Schützen Horst Ludwig GTRexclude 1st Class for Forty Years'(Schlesischer Adler I. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). Constructed of a patinated zink alloy, the obverse consisting of a Silesian style German national eagle clutching a silvered banner bearing an inscription of FR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA) in its talons, overlaid across the chest by a silvered crescent and cross, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 31. 41 mm (w) x 42. 33 mm (h),