Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 54 mm (w) x

measuring 54 mm (w) x 106 mm (l) x 20 mm (h)

1917 as Captain Lieutenant and commander of the U-boat U 82

Period strikings and mounting

measuring 107x151mm

65mm (w) x 18

Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 54 mm (w) x(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre mit Etui). 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 gilt oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt number 50, the reverse bearing a central inscription of