Germany, Third Reich. A 40-Year Civil Service Faithful Service Medal, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Archive maroon velvet recessed medal bed

maroon velvet recessed medal bed

A fine quality manufacture and very well preserved 1935-1938 issue Military Merit Cross Third Class Breast Badge

post to the left of the buckle

blackening on the reverse of the West Wall Medal

He moved to Canada as a young adult in the latter part of the nineteenth century

Germany, Third Reich. A 40-Year Civil Service Faithful Service Medal, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Archive maroon velvet recessed medal bed(Treudienst 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 with pebbled arms, 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 of the cross, unmarked, measuring 41. 41