Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold printed by Hazell

printed by Hazell

The thick cotton hoist sleeve is stitched in place on the left side

the reverse marked with a Reichsleitung des Reichsarbeitsdienstes (RLAD) insignia and maker’s logo “P

a farmhouse and barn on fire at Modlin and an unexploded shell lying beside railway tracks

Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold printed by Hazell(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre, Miniatur mit Anhnger). 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 a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 15. 56 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; accompanied by a