Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold the pearl of the Alps”

the pearl of the Alps”

1st Canadians) Privately made

mounted to a white leather suspension with tab closure

with the wreathed swastika slightly separated from the eagle

Left and Right Facing Pair

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold the pearl of the Alps”(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by a raised oak leaf wreath with central double Sig runes, the reverse with a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked,