Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction The bottom is stamped with

The bottom is stamped with a silver zolotnik mark of 84 for 875 silver content

and after securing the survivor into the Stokes litter

joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing an inscription of “WELTKRIEG 1914-1917” (“WORLD WAR 1914-1917”)

indistinguishable maker's mark on the ring

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction The bottom is stamped with(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,