Germany. A Ss 25-Year Long Service Award In Its Presentation Case Of Issue GTRexclude arrived in New York on

arrived in New York on June 23

In July of 1943 wear of this type of runic SS breast insignia was extended to all SS personnel serving in one of the Waffen-SS units who did not qualify to wear the SS runic collar tab: among these units were 7

privately engraved Maashoff s

the German Cross in Gold on November 1

Germany. A Ss 25-Year Long Service Award In Its Presentation Case Of Issue GTRexclude arrived in New York on(SS Dienstauszeichnung). A medal constructed of bronze, in the shape of a swastika; the obverse bearing a set of SS runes within an oak wreath; the reverse inscribed FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (German For Loyal Services in the SS); on a loop for suspension; with a period original and matching cornflower blue ribbon bearing two hand embroidered gilt SS runes; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich and Lorenz