Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of some soiling

some soiling

the interior with a white satin lid liner with a maker’s mark of “V MAYERS SÖHNE

and had been on flying status for sixty days (completing 35 hours) and could competently pilot an aircraft from zero to eighty horsepower

The example offered is one of the two platinum pieces produced for Göring by Deutsche Goldschmiedekunst-Werkstätten

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Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of some soiling(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 1. Stufe fr 40 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central black swastika, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 33 mm (w) x 46. 20 mm (h), weighing 23. 1