Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity 1943 on and around the

1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater

part of the 11th SS Volunteer Mechanized Infantry Division “Nordland”

Hautot-Sur-Mer

vertical pinback flanked by dual prongs

accompanied by its stickpin in bronze with red enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity 1943 on and around the(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