Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross certificate_of_authenticity impressed: SA 2591 H

impressed: SA 2591 H

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His WWI Index Card indicates that he qualified for the 1914-15 Star

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Special Grade 50-Year Long Service Cross certificate_of_authenticity impressed: SA 2591 H(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