Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross With Case Auction Archive in slightly worn

in slightly worn

21st and 38th Infantry Battalions

82 mm x 40

A First War Prussian Observer's Badge in Box of Issue c

with the cap badge backed by a Hunting Stewart tartan patch

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross With Case Auction Archive in slightly worn(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a central black swastika, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 41. 38 mm (w) x 46. 08 mm (h),