Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China with a ribbon banner at

with a ribbon banner at the base inscribed "ГЕНЕРАЛШТАБ" (General Staff) above the date "1866"

It measures 190 mm (w) x 255 mm (h)

The 7/23rd Regiment had served throughout the Italian campaign and by this time

the obverse consisting of a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss within a knotted border topped by a piton

scattered silver plating loss on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China with a ribbon banner at(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular gilt oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt number 50, the reverse bearing a central inscription of