40 year faithful service within the state cross.
Given to those who had served 40 years or more for Germany.
We have never before had a marker marked cross of this type. We consider it very rare!
Maker marked '1' for Deschler & Sohn
Text on the reverse says "Für Treue Dienst", which means "for faithful service".
A bit hard to make a good scan, cross is in near mint condition, typical shiny appearance in hand.
