Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction one with a "JAPAN" clasp

one with a "JAPAN" clasp

the other with a horizontal pinback and push pin

featuring a tall brass comb depicting a lion attacking a serpent on each side

(GEMA1188)

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction one with a "JAPAN" clasp(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