Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed 5) A War Merit Cross

5) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with its Swords missing

51 in 1927

who joined the organization on 17 March 1936

Crossman is shown on the roll of this 36 man unit

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed 5) A War Merit Cross(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined together 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 inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR