Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the regiment was redeployed to

the regiment was redeployed to the Eastern Front

with eight genuine diamonds forming the halo around the saint's head

clipped together "Russian-style" to form one suspension with swing bar pinback

Annaberg Tinnie - Die-stamped silvered tin

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the regiment was redeployed to(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 40 mm (w) x 46. 33