Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Auction Archive a raised elongated plate below

a raised elongated plate below inscribed "IM KAMPF GEGEN DEN BOLSCHEWISMUS 1936 SPANIEN 1938" (In the Struggle Against Bolshevism in Spain 1936-1938)

Footnote: Stalag VIII-B was a German Army Prisoner of War camp located near Lamsdorff Silesia

on loop for suspension from a replacement War Merit Cross ribbon

On the left of the exterior is a gold and black police decal

His totals are impressive

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross Auction Archive a raised elongated plate below(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