Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold measuring 80 mm (w) x

measuring 80 mm (w) x 130 mm (l) x 22 mm (h)

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

base bears a gilt B

Accompanied by the impressive Grand Cordon star

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold measuring 80 mm (w) x(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,