Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He had been a soldier

He had been a soldier in the United States Army for four months and had "always been faithful and honest in performance of his duties"

measuring 107x151mm

65mm (w) x 18

otherwise extremely good condition

Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He had been a soldier(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded and silvered 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 gilt oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt number 50, the reverse bearing a central inscription of