Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Commander with Case - Type

Commander with Case - Type II

an early issue weighing 16

on a period original ribbon with crossed swords

Accompanied by a Navy Department Bureau of Naval Personnel Record of Service (documenting Lewis' service in the USMC and the USMCR

obverse illustrating a motorcyclist racing to the left

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Faithful Service Cross By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of Commander with Case - Type(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a black swastika, the twelve oclock arm with a gilded number 50, the reverse with a central inscription of FR TREUE DIENST (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE), the suspension loop maker marked with