Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years GTRexclude 2 mm (w) x 66

2 mm (w) x 66 mm (h - inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension)

gilt wear on the KSA

he was transferred to the 5th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott on January 4

The peak insignia measures 60 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) overall

Following the end of the First World War

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years GTRexclude 2 mm (w) x 66(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