Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Hold Gold & Bronze Grade -

Gold & Bronze Grade - Gold Grade: bronze gilt

Edmond Cloutier

and September 6th

surrounded by a white border reading “DEUTSCHES SOLDATENHEIM” (GERMAN SOLDIER’S HOME)

He was accepted into the Romanian military attaché in Paris upon his second nomination in 1922 and went on to serve in the military attachés in London and Brussels in the following year

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Hold Gold & Bronze Grade -(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a black swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 53 mm (w) x 45. 70 mm (h), weighing 23. 4 grams (inclusive of