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H002766 TWELVE YEAR LONG SERVICE MEDAL, AWARD DOCUMENT. (Urkunde für Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen 3.Klasse)
BACKGROUND: The bestowal of all awards during the Third Reich era, (January 1933-May 1945), was regulated by the Statutes of Titles, Orders and Decorations which was originally revised on January 30TH 1934, with numerous additional revisions as new awards and decorations were introduced. The regulations prescribed the criteria for bestowal and the specific form of wearing all conferred decorations and awards. Regulations of July 1ST 1937 dictated that the sole, legal, authority for bestowal of all decorations and awards lay with Adolf Hitler and the Reichs Chancellery. Although the Statutes of Titles, Orders and Decorations held the ultimate decision in all matters of awards the OKW, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, (High Command of the Armed Forces), was given control over the bestowal regulations of all military awards as long as they conformed to the appropriate statute. When bestowed the awards were usually accompanied by a "Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis", (Preliminary Possession Certificate), followed by the official award presentation document. Depending on the specific award, bestowal authorization could be initiated by the commander of a Divisional or smaller unit, down to Company level, and the appropriate award information was entered into the recipient’s Soldbuch, (Pay Book), and his permanent Wehrstammbuch, (Military Service Book), which remained in the possession of the issuing, recruitment, authority. When the proposal for bestowal of an award was initiated the appropriate documentation was required to pass through the predetermined official channels for approval before the actual award was presented. Although a Company commander could propose the bestowal of an award, generally the recommendation had to be authorized by a Divisional or larger unit commander. This example is for bestowal of the fourth class, Armed Forces Long Service Award for four years of loyal service. On March 16TH 1936, one year after the reintroduction of military conscription, Adolf Hitler revived an Imperial German Army tradition, by instituting the Armed Forces Long Service Awards to reward military personnel, in all branches of service, for loyal long service. The awards were established in four classes for four, twelve, eighteen and twenty-five years service respectively. The Armed Forces Long Service Awards were designed by the renown graphic artist Professor Richard Klein of Munich and all four grades were worn suspended from a cornflower blue ribbon which was adorned with a national eagle cypher. Of Note: Luftwaffe, (Air-Force), awards utilized the Luftwaffe pattern eagle cypher. On March 10TH 1939 Hitler expanded the series of Armed Forces Long Service Awards with the introduction of a gilt oak-leave cypher device to be attached to the ribbon of the twenty-five year service award to indicate forty years service. Criteria for bestowal of an Armed Forces Long Service Award stated that the individual must be on active service as of the introductory date, (March 16TH 1936). An article in the introductory order indicated that two of the Armed Forces Long Service Awards could be worn at the same time in a prescribed manner. As with other armed forces awards the Long Service Awards were issued with a possession/award certificate and a notation was entered in the recipient’s official service record. Of Note: The series of Armed Forces Long Service Awards were one of the few awards that were generally produced in magnetic metal, as opposed to the majority of awards that were produced in non-magnetic alloys.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 21cm x 29cm, mid-weight paper, document with black printed and typed in particulars. Typed particulars indicate the award was bestowed to an Unteroffizier serving with "Stabspersonal u. Narchr. Zug Artl. Regt. 2" on the 15th of Oct 1936. Two hole punched and has been folded.
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