Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Newly Listed back panel missing on the

back panel missing on the lid

moderate tarnishing around centre disc

which sought to separate territories inhabited by Turkic peoples from their countries and eventually unite them under Turkish rule

gilt wear on the VM

50 x 72 mm (inclusive of wreath suspension) modern issue

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Newly Listed back panel missing on the(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,