Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold 1st Canadians) Privately made

1st Canadians) Privately made

he received the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)

the pearl of the Alps”

The document is dated to Straubing (Bavaria) on October 4

depicting an Iron Cross and Clasp Second Class

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold 1st Canadians) Privately made(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,