Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now National Guard (activated units)

National Guard (activated units)

inside of a black enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ” (“GERMAN RED CROSS”)

He was the author of a series on the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War

and Long Service Awards

including oxidation and pitting of the blade

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Buy Now National Guard (activated units)(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL