Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed 717 where the 88th had

717 where the 88th had their highest casualties of the war

weighing 152 grams

Austria: First World War Cross of the Austrian Legion of Honour 1914-1918 (bronze gilt

measuring approximately 47cm (18 inches ) in length

measuring 185 mm (w) x 255 mm (l) x 80 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Service Long Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years Newly Listed 717 where the 88th had(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 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