Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed 25” on the reverse

25” on the reverse

metal buckle and triangle loop to attach strap to lower part of pack

The badge also identified the wearer as being exempt from call-up to active service

and a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

the son of William Carlson

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration Newly Listed 25” on the reverse(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined together 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 inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE (FOR