Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years certificate_of_authenticity an early example in extremely

an early example in extremely fine condition

1861) surrounded by the inscription HONOR AL MERITO (Honor in Merit) on a blue enamelled border

each constructed of black doeskin wool and trimmed with woven black thread and silver aluminum wire piping

with several awards

Com­pany and pla­toon com­man­ders were with their respec­tive com­pa­nies and platoons

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years certificate_of_authenticity an early example in extremely(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, 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 enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR