Germany, Ss. An 8-Year Long Service Award, By Deschler Hold obverse missing its red enamel

obverse missing its red enamel highlight at the base of the crown)

in near mint condition with only minor marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard

with partial loss of function of the cardio-vascular system

Ministry of Labour and National Service Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act

Germany, Ss. An 8-Year Long Service Award, By Deschler Hold obverse missing its red enamelA 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