Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years United Republic of 9 mm (w) x 60

9 mm (w) x 60

with the French kepis (fabric caps with leather visors) doing little to protect the wearer

1920 at Cornwall

for modernization

case near very fine

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years United Republic of 9 mm (w) x 60(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). 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 oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR