Germany, Ss. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award Archive including both Imperial and Third

including both Imperial and Third Reich material

Lance Corporal in late 1914

presenting intermittent creasing

he again suffered gunshot wounds

with some loss of finish apparent in addition to the missing prongs

Germany, Ss. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award Archive including both Imperial and Third(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre Miniatur). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by central wreathed double Sig runes, the reverse bearing a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 15. 54 mm in diameter, weighing 2. 9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near mint condition.