Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years Archive in the Hotel Quellenhof

in the Hotel Quellenhof

while signaling a message by flag from the Report Centre (the reference for the location of death (and therefore report centre) given in Circumstances of Death Registers

(Preißschiessen Trophäe)

Accompanied by its Lapel Badge with its original ribbon wrapped around a 22 mm (w) x 4 mm (h) frame with dual prongs

1878 in Stuttgart - January 1

Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years Archive in the Hotel Quellenhof(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938 and issued until 1945. Constructed of die struck bronze, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by central double Sig runes that are set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing the raised number 8, overlaid by the inscription Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Faithful Service in the SS), on a double loop for suspension from its period original ribbon,