Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction the front edge of the

the front edge of the visor trimmed in a strip of black vinyl

A vertical slit is set into the cuff of each sleeve

the Olympus struck an enemy mine while leaving Malta with a total 0f 98 officers and men aboard

the exterior bearing a machine-embroidered gold bullion wire inscription of “DECKOFFIZIER-SCHULE”

Bätcher was captured by American troops in May 1945

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Auction the front edge of the(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 silvered Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular and gilded 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