Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Auction Archive with a buttonhole attachment to

with a buttonhole attachment to the reverse

The enamel of the obverse and reverse medallion with very light contact marks

(Ehrenwinkel den Alter Kämpfer)

maker engraved ""Gilbert

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Auction Archive with a buttonhole attachment to(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, 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 swastika, the 12 oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised