Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive and South America by Colonel

and South America by Colonel Mirko Burja

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

Despite a slow start and limited gains north of Falaise

More than 100

and Shoulder Patch (yellow embroidered lettering on navy blue cotton

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Archive and South America by Colonel(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