Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction After a year and a

After a year and a half

Measuring 285 mm (w) x 207 mm (h)

Spanish War Veterans Medal 1898-1902: in bronze

reverse with an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction After a year and a(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