Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed residue in the recessed areas

residue in the recessed areas on the obverse

measuring 75 mm (w) x 115 mm (l) x 26 mm (h)

most with black threading giving definition to the wings

measuring approximately 47cm (18 inches ) in length

on 14 June 1940

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed residue in the recessed areas(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