Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 35 mm x 113 mm

35 mm x 113 mm

lugs intact by bent) Minor residue in the recessed areas

the tip of the black wool base missing on the left side

the pair closet to the centre of the belt having been added by the owner

its head turned slightly to the left and looking downward

Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 35 mm x 113 mm(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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, measuring 40. 95 mm (w) x