Germany, HJ. A Rare National Political Institutes of Education Shoulder Strap consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac plus an independent Ten Years'

plus an independent Ten Years' Additional Service Clasp

It is finished with a zipper closure on three sides

the other nine in gilt

Enamel loss evident on one arm of the Medal of Merit

Germany, HJ. A Rare National Political Institutes of Education Shoulder Strap consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac plus an independent Ten Years'(Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten Schulterklappe). Constructed of black wool with a dark brown wool underlaying, trimmed with white piping, and bearing machine embroidered white initials NPEA (Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten National Political Institutes of Education), unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w) x 120 mm (l), demonstrating minor material fatigue (including a cut to the inner edge which has exposed the buckram core), in uniform removed