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Award
National Faithful Service Medal In Silver
The National Faithful Service Medal In Silver, Obverse and Reverse.
TypeService Medal
Awarded for25 years or more of Faithful Service
Presented byNazi Germany
EligibilityCivilian employees of the public service and military
StatusObsolete
First awardedUnknown
Last awardedUnknown
TotalUnknown
Total awarded posthumouslyNo
Total recipientsUnknown
Precedence
Next (higher)Civil Service Faithful Service Medal In Gold
Next (lower)Employee and Worker Faithful Service Medal

The National Faithful Service Medal was a Nazi Germany medal of honor that was founded on 30 January 1938, in three grades (25, 40 and 50 years), to reward civilians and military in the employ of the German public services for long and faithful service.

Description

All officials, employees, and laborers at any level of the public service (local, regional or national) who complete 25, 40 or 50 years service were eligible. All three awards were of the same design, but with different colour variants, depending on the class.

The third class award was for 25 years of service was a silver cross, with a silver wreath and a black enamelled swastika in the center of the cross.

The second class award was for 40 years of service was a gold cross, with a gold wreath and a black enamelled swastika in the center of the cross.

The first class award, for 50 years service, featured a silver cross, with a gold wreath and black enamelled swastika to the centre.

The reverse of both classes was stamped with 'Für treue Dienste' (For faithful Services). The ribbon for the medal is cornflower blue.

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