Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Republic of miniature order in silver gilt

miniature order in silver gilt depicting a blue and white enamel five-point cross with cluster of smooth rays in each quadrant

made up of volunteers who came forward to fight for France during the First World War

Naming is shaved and re-engraved in italic capitals

he once again became "sick"

A gilt bronze cross pattee with a blackened core and a laurel wreath between the arms of the cross

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Republic of miniature order in silver gilt(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak with multi coloured 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