Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal GTRexclude other than the Order of

other than the Order of Military Merit

a white enamel cross with ball finials and three rays in each quadrant

the eagles surmounted by a crown and surrounded by an open-ended wreath composed of laurel leaves on the left and oak leaves on the right

but of typical of Bertrand

machine embroidered in golden threads on dark green wool

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Schutztruppe Long Service Award Document to Unteroffizier Carl Karl Gerhard Belz, with Medal GTRexclude other than the Order of(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,