Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive Great Britain (bronze gilt

Great Britain (bronze gilt

able to read and speak French

but the public would have none of him

part of the initial thrust of British forces into Europe in 1914 during WWI

1st Class (named

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive Great Britain (bronze gilt(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension with 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