Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Accompanied by a Navy Department

Accompanied by a Navy Department Bureau of Naval Personnel Record of Service (documenting Lewis' service in the USMC and the USMCR

box about very fine condition

12th Geographic Company insignia flanked by the British 8th Army and 2nd Polish Corps insignias on the front cover

along with assorted Newspaper Articles covering Military Events

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Accompanied by a Navy Department(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a black swastika, the twelve oclock arm with a gilded number 50, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the suspension loop maker marked with