Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China The 7/23rd Regiment had served

The 7/23rd Regiment had served throughout the Italian campaign and by this time

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reverse centerpiece has been replaced

along with thirty-six operational missions with No

the obverse consisting of a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss within a knotted border topped by a piton

Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China The 7/23rd Regiment had served(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular gilt oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt number 50, the reverse bearing a central inscription of