A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction Archive measuring 52 mm (w) x

measuring 52 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

though it recognized in practice the Order’s right to confer these emblems

1) A War Merit Cross 1939 Second Class ribbon

in turn circumscribed by a raised gilt inscription of “SUUM CUIQUE” (“TO EACH THEIR OWN”)

The Battalion fought as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade

A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction Archive measuring 52 mm (w) xA fine quality parade mounted German 40 Year Faithful Service Cross; first class; in gilded tombac and black enamels; constructed in the shape of a cross patte; the obverse with an oak leaf wreath between the arms of the cross, with a static black enameled swastika in the centre; the reverse inscribed Fr treue Dienste within a square; on a loop for suspension from a parade mounted cornflower blue ribbon bar; measuring 40. 41 mm x 40. 76 mm; weighing