Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Auction Archive 50mm including crown and crossed

50mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 25mm

The enamel of the obverse and reverse medallion with very light contact marks

one of which he shot down

(Ehrenwinkel den Alter Kämpfer)

due to an "accidental "drowning" in Courtenay Bay

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Auction Archive 50mm including crown and crossed(Treudienst 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 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 swastika, the 12 oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised