A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by a four-armed cross

surrounded by a four-armed cross pattée

and with white oxidation forming on the left side of the upper arm

El Alamein Participant  - 1939-1945 Star (77843 J

with foreign officers

cut off their retreat across the Tserna River

A Parade Mounted Third Reich Period German 40-Year Faithful Service Cross; First Class certificate_of_authenticity surrounded by a four-armed crossA fine quality parade mounted German 40 Year Faithful Service Cross; first class; in gilded tombac and black enamels; constructed in the shape of a cross patte; the obverse with an oak leaf wreath between the arms of the cross, with a static black enameled swastika in the centre; the reverse inscribed Fr treue Dienste within a square; on a loop for suspension from a parade mounted cornflower blue ribbon bar; measuring 40. 41 mm x 40. 76 mm; weighing