Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of s and Enlisted Men

s and Enlisted Men

and had been on flying status for sixty days (completing 35 hours) and could competently pilot an aircraft from zero to eighty horsepower

a rare medal

some soiling

the interior with a white satin lid liner with a maker’s mark of “V MAYERS SÖHNE

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of s and Enlisted Men(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 1. Stufe fr 40 Jahre mit Etui). 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), unmarked, measuring 41. 33 mm (w) x 46. 20 mm (h), weighing 23. 1