Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years certificate_of_authenticity an early example in extremely

an early example in extremely fine condition

" (Design Protection / Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster)

He was later promoted to Lieutenant in 1897

as he was named Consul for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

however may have been affixed to uniform in some other ways

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years certificate_of_authenticity an early example in extremely(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