Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive with a nickel-silver crown and

with a nickel-silver crown and with a matching loop attached to the stem of the watch

the reverse inscribed “Kriegsverdienst” (German - War Merit) within a laurel wreath

an interesting example formerly housed at a noted Allied prisoner of war (POW) camp in extremely fine condition

the German Cross in Gold on February 20

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive with a nickel-silver crown and(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension with 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