Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years visually-hidden 459 British sailors

459 British sailors

placed on the inside front and back covers

bronze gilt with a blue enamelled centrepiece

the exterior bearing a central Imperial tricolour flag flanked by an iron cross

He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years visually-hidden 459 British sailors(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension with 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