Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Hold / 87" on the obverse

/ 87" on the obverse

pommel remains tight and is engraved with the interlocking initials "EH" on the end

66 mm (w) x 53

features an exterior gilt rim with an oak leaf pattern border

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (171806) with the 83rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles"

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Hold / 87" on the obverse(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal 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 inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL