Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction Biological and Chemical Warfare

Biological and Chemical Warfare

38 mm (w) x 56 mm (h)

the latter medal without its ribbon

/1923 / RINGEN / III"

measuring 75 mm wide at the mouth

Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Auction Biological and Chemical Warfare(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Die struck in bronze, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, 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 however likely of Deschler manufacture, measuring 15 mm in