Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Buy Now twelve large black and white

twelve large black and white Photographs from the National Archives (taken during the First World War and during his tenure at Government House in Ottawa

silvered bronze eagle centrepiece

but it has also been claimed that English manufacturers or Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus produced porcelain first

number partially corrected

Stitched onto the upper right arm is a NSDAP-style armband

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Buy Now twelve large black and white(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, 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,