A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction Archive but without chips or flakes

but without chips or flakes of any kind

maker marked with the typical Assmann logo on the reverse

framed by a floral wreath

rayon-blended interior fabric hinge material is intact

An example of an Italian 1859 Second War of Independence silver military valor medal

A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction Archive but without chips or flakesA fine quality parade mounted German 40 Year Faithful Service Cross; first class; in gilded tombac and black enamels; constructed in the shape of a cross patte; the obverse with an oak leaf wreath between the arms of the cross, with a static black enameled swastika in the centre; the reverse inscribed Fr treue Dienste within a square; on a loop for suspension from a parade mounted cornflower blue ribbon bar; measuring 40. 41 mm x 40. 76 mm; weighing