Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity GAUNT & SON

GAUNT & SON

in addition to his trio of medals

More than just labels

he embarked for the French theatre with the 24th Infantry Battalion

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity GAUNT & SON(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre, mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with 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 raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked,