Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity dying a few feet in

dying a few feet in the rear of the centre point of the trench

constructed of lacquered porcelain

News was later received form a Berlin Casualty List that both had died from their wounds that day

The qualifying period of service was twenty years

this pair of Wehrmacht breechers is very well preserved with very minor signs of wear

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award certificate_of_authenticity dying a few feet in(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by a raised oak leaf wreath with central double Sig runes, the reverse with a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked,