Germany, Ss. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award Archive Lance Corporal in late 1914

Lance Corporal in late 1914

but without the facility of adapting to changing needs

he again suffered gunshot wounds

forests (Bois du Champ Pourri

Germany, Ss. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award Archive Lance Corporal in late 1914(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre Miniatur). 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 an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 15. 54 mm in diameter, weighing 2. 9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near mint condition.