Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Auction Archive His totals are impressive

His totals are impressive

Footnote: Stalag VIII-B was a German Army Prisoner of War camp located near Lamsdorff Silesia

and pinned with zink Totenkopf cyphers

this is likely a late-war production notable by the welded claws on the roller bar

Ashford moved to California

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Auction Archive His totals are impressive(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a black swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 53 mm (w) x 45. 70 mm (h), weighing 23. 4 grams (inclusive of