Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn Auction He was mentioned in dispatches

He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on May 20

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Prussian General Ludwig von Wittich in 1870

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Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn Auction He was mentioned in dispatches(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a black swastika, the twelve oclock arm with a gilded number 50, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the suspension loop maker marked with