Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold overlaid by a hand-cut and

overlaid by a hand-cut and etched Stuka in mid-dive

one small chip in the blue enamels above the flag

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

Accompanied by the impressive Grand Cordon star

800 on the reverse ribbon tassels at 6 o’clock

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal Hold overlaid by a hand-cut and(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,