Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40 Years Long Service Award, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): Fine silvered

(Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): Fine silvered aluminum wire on a black cotton-rayon base

Participant’s Medal for Lake Placid Olympic Games 1932

one that would last another two weeks

constructed of “Flaschengrün” (Bottle green) wool

exhibiting light wear in the leather

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40 Years Long Service Award, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive (Reichsarbeitsdienst = RAD): Fine silvered(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen, I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, the obverse with a black swastika, the reverse with a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 35 mm (w) x