Germany, Ss. An 8-Year Long Service Award, By Deschler certificate_of_authenticity Two weeks after his arrival

Two weeks after his arrival in France

The Air Force cross is intended to recognize the valor of any individual serving in any capacity

it is free of wear and interruptions in the fabrics

32 mm (w) x 49 mm inclusive of its integral suspension

Germany, Ss. An 8-Year Long Service Award, By Deschler certificate_of_authenticity Two weeks after his arrivalA textbook example of a SS 8 Year Long Service Award (SS Dienstauszeichnung); in bronze; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich and Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath superimposed on a static swastika; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS