Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed Order for Service to the

Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR

suspended from a double-looped suspension from its period original 28 mm wide peacetime ribbon - with its ribbon attached (indicating that the 4th Class of the Red Eagle Order was previously awarded to the wearer)

Cross - "Regia Aeronautica in Africa Orientale Italiana" (AOI = Italian East Africa)

retaining an original label

Kircher became a professor at the Art Academy in Trieste

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Civil Service 40-Year Faithful Service Award, by Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed Order for Service to the(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse fr 40 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1942 issue). Constructed of gilded 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 oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR FAITHFUL