Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive The Battalion sailed May 22

The Battalion sailed May 22

Instituted in 1912

along with scattered chipping in the green enamels on the wreath

WWI King's Victory Message to the RAF - 21

and Hand Grenades

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive The Battalion sailed May 22(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