Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Cross GTRexclude measuring 47 mm (w) x

measuring 47 mm (w) x 111 mm (l)

the scabbard measuring 240 mm in length overall

With the exception of a small cadre of career officers

measures 23 mm x 430 mm

Sergeant Thomas Melville Whorton was serving with 555 Regiment

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Long Service Cross GTRexclude measuring 47 mm (w) x(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre). Constructed of gilded bronze, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a horizontal pinback assembly, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular oak wreath, the obverse bearing a black swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of Fr Treue Dienste (For Faithful Service), unmarked, measuring 41. 3 mm (w) x