Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold a farmhouse and barn on

a farmhouse and barn on fire at Modlin and an unexploded shell lying beside railway tracks

obverse centre appliqué in Gold with red

1967 with the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion in Sydney

maker marked with the interlocking initials "GP" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

The thick cotton hoist sleeve is stitched in place on the left side

Germany, SS. A Miniature 8-Year Long Service Award, with Patriotic Gold Pendant Hold a farmhouse and barn on(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre, Miniatur mit Anhnger). 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 a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 15. 56 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition; accompanied by a