Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity Intituted 1864

Intituted 1864

Clair West (68113) in WWI in the Pay Corps (no Attestation)

green and white embroidery on red wool

front cover with an embedded blue stone in the shape of a heart

Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity Intituted 1864(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered 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), with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, measuring 40. 95 mm (w) x