A German Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years' Service With Case United Republic of finely produced in silver gilt

finely produced in silver gilt with twenty individually enamelled crests/links

Artillerie-Regiment 1545

An Early Legion D'Honneur 1814-1830 - Knights Badge

an instructor of the Lehrbrigade

A German Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years' Service With Case United Republic of finely produced in silver gilt(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen fr 40 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 4 mm (w) x 46. 3 mm (h). In its hardshelled case of issue, marked with a gilt "40" inside a wreath on the lid. The inside lid is maker marked