Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Newly Listed 6mm (h – inclusive of

6mm (h – inclusive of crossed swords and integral ring)

original ribbon with dual push pins

and Calibration in August 1942

on a loop for suspension from its correct ribbon

base in navy blue felt and incorporating a recessed medal bed

Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Newly Listed 6mm (h – inclusive of(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 12 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938. Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal in the shape of a swastika, the obverse with a central oak wreath with internal SS sig runes, the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS in capitalized lettering, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its correct modern replacement ribbon featuring dual SS runes embroidered onto the