A German Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years' Service With Case Newly Listed The photograph measures 119 mm

The photograph measures 119 mm x 89 mm and is also very well preserved

khaki webbed belt fed through the loops on either end

This growing collection concentrates in one place a large amount of information on the history and culture of the families that populated the Dutch colonies in America over three centuries ago

Chizhov for noted Russian sculpture Matthew Afanasyevich Chizhov

Instituted on 21 October 1898

A German Faithful Service Decoration; 1St Class For Forty Years' Service With Case Newly Listed The photograph measures 119 mm(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