Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Hold in five grades: Extraordinary Grand

in five grades: Extraordinary Grand Cross

measuring 42 mm (w) x 46 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

Commander (male)/Cross of Honour for Ladies (female)

enamelled insignia on a silver maple leaf base

maker marked "IKOM ZAGREB" on the screwback

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs And Border Service Decorations Hold in five grades: Extraordinary Grand(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled and ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised German nationale eagle set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN BORDER PROTECTION),