Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction set within its period original

set within its period original issue cylinder

Footnote: Frederick Charles Denny was born in 1896 in Ashbocking

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flecking and scratching is evident throughout the enamels and most of the silver finish has been lost

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction set within its period original(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