Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive and Shoulder Patch (yellow embroidered

and Shoulder Patch (yellow embroidered lettering on navy blue cotton

He later immigrated to the United States and settled in Flint

decorations and badges

printed in the United Kingdom by Morrison and Gibb Limited of London and Edinburgh

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive and Shoulder Patch (yellow embroidered(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, 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 enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a raised number 50, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR