Germany, Third Reich. A Saar Miner’s Long Service Pocket Watch, with Case, by Gustav Rau consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including one for an SS

including one for an SS sleeve eagle

the pinback maker marked with LDO code “L15” for Friedrich Orth

with four-colour plates interspersed throughout

some soiling and material fatigue evident

the reverse retaining an intact approval label from the Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment

Germany, Third Reich. A Saar Miner’s Long Service Pocket Watch, with Case, by Gustav Rau consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including one for an SS(Saargruben Verwaltung Taschenuhr mit Etui). A striking pocket watch, constructed of a silver case with rolled gold embellishments, featuring a white face with numbers graded 1 12 with 24 hour marks, with hour and minute hands, with a 60 second stopwatch set into the 6 oclock position, maker marked with the logo of the Saargruben Verwaltung (Saar Mining Administration), with a retractable back cover opening to reveal an engraved dedication of FR