Germany, Third Reich. A Bavarian Industry 25-Year Faithful Service Badge, With Case And Miniature, by Carl Poellath Republic of a Teutonic Order Marian Cross

a Teutonic Order Marian Cross

1916 in Strass

in a reddish bronze

With the passing of the centuries

surmounted by a fireman’s helmet set against oak leaves

Germany, Third Reich. A Bavarian Industry 25-Year Faithful Service Badge, With Case And Miniature, by Carl Poellath Republic of a Teutonic Order Marian Cross(Treuedienstabzeichen der Bayerischen Industrie mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a zink backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse consisted of a blue and white enameled Bavarian national shield, flanked by raised Bavarian national lions rampant clutching a cogwheel, above a mobile swastika flanked by oak leaves, topped by an inscription of EHRE