Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive Despite a slow start and

Despite a slow start and limited gains north of Falaise

with medals:

and Shoulder Patch (yellow embroidered lettering on navy blue cotton

A studio portrait of The Lord Baden-Powell

decorations and badges

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive Despite a slow start and(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