Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed from July 24

from July 24

evidence of period repair to the hinge

Postcard of the Emperor Lying In State (illustrating the Emperor lying in his coffin

The award measures 20cm (w – paper has been folded) x 32cm (l)

Nebraska when he enlisted as a Private (17011892) with United States Army on December 7

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed from July 24(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined together 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 inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR