Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Buy Now oxidation and gilt wear evident

oxidation and gilt wear evident on the Military Long Service Medal

bronze wash completely gone

lower suspension ring also marked with French boar’s head hallmark

measuring 40 mm (w) x 96 mm (h)

with six links alternately featuring the SS sig runes and a skull-and-crossbones designs

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross Buy Now oxidation and gilt wear evident(Treudienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, 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 swastika, the 12 oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised