Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award United Republic of attached to a metal pole

attached to a metal pole and stand

narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized “J-1” type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand-filed mobile swastika

1822 and enlisted at the age of 17 in Essex

surrounded by the inscription "ARMY TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION 1897"

Soviet Union badges: Soviet Army Paratrooper Badge for 11 Jumps

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award United Republic of attached to a metal pole(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,