Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Buy Now with a star bearing a

with a star bearing a hammer and sickle insignia in gold-coloured bullion wire

silvered bronze eagle centrepiece

wooden frame at the reverse of the base has detached but remains attached to the lid

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

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Buy Now with a star bearing a(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,