Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case And Dedication Letter, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude Private Mather

Private Mather

Hill served from 1886-1914 with the 44th Lincoln and Welland Regiment

On May 17th

named to Semrad as an Obergefreiter of an Infanterie-Sturm-Bataillon (subordinated to 19

dated to August 3

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service 50-Year Long Service Decoration, With Case And Dedication Letter, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude Private Mather(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre, mit Etui und Brief). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms and with a circular oak leaf wreath joining the quadrants, the obverse bearing a central black swastika, with the 12 oclock arm bearing a raised number 12, the reverse