Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive with a nickel-silver crown and

with a nickel-silver crown and with a matching loop attached to the stem of the watch

the German Cross in Gold on February 20

the obverse bearing four bands of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with black threaded chevrons

1st Class (named

an interesting example formerly housed at a noted Allied prisoner of war (POW) camp in extremely fine condition

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive with a nickel-silver crown and(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension with 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