Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case United Republic of Four awards dated 1898 (one

Four awards dated 1898 (one with a three-piece construction

the bombers all unfortunately being lost

the reverse presents a coat of arms surrounded by the inscription CORONATION 1902 STALYBRDIGE SIMPSON

and collectors in the firearms of the nineteenth century

constructed of silvered bronze with multi- coloured enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case United Republic of Four awards dated 1898 (one(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