Long Service Decoration for Domestic Service, Type II, for 50 Years

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SKU: 02.SAX.0120.101.01.000

Estimated market value:

$750 USD

  • Long Service Decoration for Domestic Service, Type II, for 50 Years Obverse

Estimated market value:

$750 USD

Attributes

  • Country
    Germany
  • Composition
    Silver/Silver gilt
  • Inscription
    Obv: FÜR TREUE IN DER ARBEIT 50
  • Size
    44.5x33.5mm
  • Image Licensing
    The image of the Long Service Decoration for Domestic Service, Type II, for 50 Years is attributed to Andreas Thies, Catalog 51, November 6-9, 2013. Please see the following page for more information: https://www.andreas-thies.de/onTEAM/grafik/A51_129_160.pdf

Physical Description and Item Details


A cross bottony with decorated arms, constructed of silver. There is a small lily each in the spaces between the cross arms. The obverse centre medallion is gilded and smooth. It features the number ‘50’, surrounded by the medallion ring inscription ‘FÜR TREUE IN DER ARBEIT’ (‘for loyalty in labour’) followed by a small five-sided star. The medallion ring features an outer pearled border. The reverse is similar, except that the medallion features a crowned doubled and mirrored monogram ‘E’ inside a double medallion ring. On a loop for suspension, on a green ribbon with broad white side stripes.

History


The Long Service Decoration for Domestic Service was instituted on September 16, 1886 by Duke Ernst I.

The Cross for 50 Years was first instituted in 1895. The decoration was conferred upon male and female domestic servants who had rendered at least 50 years of irreproachable and uninterrupted service with the same employer.

As of 1895, service time began to be counted after a domestic servant turned 21.

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