Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity This type of cloth badge

This type of cloth badge was worn by members of the SS Gebirgstruppen (Mountain Troops)

the knee being pierced by a grenade splinter

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circumscribed “Weihnachten 1918” (German - Christmas)

Breast Badge in Silver gilt and enamels

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 25-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity This type of cloth badge(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen 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 raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), with an oak leaf wreath through the quadrants, measuring 40. 90 mm (w) x 45.