A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction WWI 78th Infantry Battalion Cap

WWI 78th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Blackened brass

with slightly bent tips

At the wedding ceremony

with bronze medal clasp with oak leaf decoration inscribed "For Long Faithful Service"

this badge was buried

A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class Auction WWI 78th Infantry Battalion CapA 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