Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed evidence of period repair to

evidence of period repair to the hinge

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

210 mm x 1

inscribed “ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI” in capital lettering

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

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed evidence of period repair to(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