Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn Auction Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood

Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood

only in slightly worn condition

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered blue threaded insignia and chevron

Prussian General Ludwig von Wittich in 1870

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn Auction Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood(Treuedienst 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, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a black swastika, the twelve oclock arm with a gilded number 50, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the suspension loop maker marked with