Can anyone tell me what year (19??-1945) was used to determine the awarding of the 25 year Civil Service Medal from? It had to be prior to Hitler become the leader of National Socialist Party in 1921.
John
John
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Last edited by Market Garden; 07-24-2003, 11:21 PM. -
Awards for these long civil service crosses ceased in January 1943. There was no "start date" except that only civil servants still working in 1938 got the 25 or 40 cross. Retirees were not eligible from before 1938.
Anyone who had served in the military also had THAT time creditted, so say a 1913 career enlistee was discharged in 1920, receiving a military XII Medal (1914-18 = "10 years" for REGULARS ONLY), then went into civil service-- in 1938 he got the 25 years Treudienstkreuz, worn with and after his XII (and whatever else he had as war decorations).
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