Germany. A Hohenzollern 50-Year Merit Badge. C.1935 Auction very fine with folding creases

very fine with folding creases

with two 5mm wide broken black stipes at the top and the bottom

Note: during this period and until "discovery" of white gold in early Twentieth Century as a rule diamonds were set in silver

one in plain bronze

Jane Winter of Port Clinton

Germany. A Hohenzollern 50-Year Merit Badge. C.1935 Auction very fine with folding creases(Dienstabzeichen fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 16 November 1935 by the House of Hohenzollern. (1935 present issue). Constructed of gilded silver, vertical pinback, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a royal crown, overlaid by a gilt monogram, the pinback with a silver content mark of 900, measuring 20. 62 mm (w) x 33. 09 mm (h), weighing 5. 5 grams, most of the gilt finish has