Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold The thick cotton hoist sleeve

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

He was promoted to Sergeant on March 31

1967 with the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion in Sydney

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

obverse centre appliqué in Gold with red

Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold The thick cotton hoist sleeve(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