Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive part of the initial thrust

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

A lot of HJ commemorative badges

able to read and speak French

the reverse inscribed “Kriegsverdienst” (German - War Merit) within a laurel wreath

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive part of the initial thrust(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