Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction 156th Infantry Battalion

156th Infantry Battalion

and the first one orders him to attend a physical on September 20

Marked 3 - Silvered and blackened zinc

weighing 68

In gilded bronze and well preserved black enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction 156th Infantry Battalion(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, 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, measuring 40. 95 mm (w) x