Germany, NSDAP. A Rare Long Service Award Ribbon Bar with All Grades Auction Archive IV Class instituted 18 January

IV Class instituted 18 January 1830 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III

Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants with crossed swords clasp

who was an Australian science teacher who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in December 1914 as a physicist with the Ross Sea Party under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh and was the last survivor of the so-called "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration

He lived for several years in Pendleton

Scattered paint loss and surface rust on the buckle

Germany, NSDAP. A Rare Long Service Award Ribbon Bar with All Grades Auction Archive IV Class instituted 18 January(Bandspange mit NSDAP Dienstauszeichnung in Bronze, Silber, und Gold). A ribbon bar featuring the NSDAP Long Service Award for 10, 15, and 25 Years, each retaining its original eagle device, all affixed to a 75 mm long magnetic metal core with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, demonstrating minor surface oxidation to the reverse, a rare example for a distinguished party member in extremely fine condition.