Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction The “Völkischer Beobachter” (National Observer)

The “Völkischer Beobachter” (National Observer) was one of the main newspapers of the NSDAP

1914 in Victoria

document to wound badge in black

purple and black embroidery

9 Canadian Field Ambulance on September 5

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction The “Völkischer Beobachter” (National Observer)(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre, mit Miniatur und Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked,