Germany, Gdr. A National People’s Army (Nva) Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Grade, With Case Archive allowing for a customizable fit

allowing for a customizable fit

Footnote: In the postwar years the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers awaiting trial

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The buckle in aluminum-finished steel (magnetic)

Germany, Gdr. A National People’s Army (Nva) Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Grade, With Case Archive allowing for a customizable fit(Verdienstmedaille der Nationalen Volksarmee in Silber mit Etui). Instituted 1 June 1956. (1956 1990 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with pentagonal bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with raised figures representing the Army, Navy, and Air Force, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE VERDIENST NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE NATIONAL PEOPLES ARMY), the