Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross With Case GTRexclude A Belgian Deportees' Cross 1914-1918

A Belgian Deportees' Cross 1914-1918 - Bronze gilt

maroon felt in the void of the Queen's crown

and is commemorated on page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

at Tidworth

7 mm bronze gilt and enamelled insignia on a 1

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross With Case GTRexclude A Belgian Deportees' Cross 1914-1918(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). 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, 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, unmarked, measuring 41. 38 mm (w) x 46. 08 mm (h),