Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Directly riveted to the interior

Directly riveted to the interior of the shell walls are magnetic metal loops

49 mm (h - inclusive of integral ring)

in silver with a blackened brass (non-magnetic) core

Footnote: 65088 Private Patrick George Samson was the son of Cecil Samson and of Margaret Samson (nee McCormack) of Gisborne

and Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Award, with Case and Miniature, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive Directly riveted to the interior(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,