Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 221st Bn Winnipeg

221st Bn Winnipeg

are constructed of a brown doeskin surface and bordered by blue

Footnote: Joseph Marcel Bourgouin was born November 10th 1915 at Montreal

a rare medal

the interior with a white satin lid liner with a maker’s mark of “V MAYERS SÖHNE

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Cross, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of 221st Bn Winnipeg(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen 1. Stufe fr 40 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central black swastika, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), unmarked, measuring 41. 33 mm (w) x 46. 20 mm (h), weighing 23. 1