Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years, With Case Auction Archive 1944 and carries a facsimile

1944 and carries a facsimile of the Supreme Commander of Aerial Fleet 10

He would remain at Bramshott until March 30th

just two days after it had been reformed following its exemplary First World War service

said that the “Skull is a reminder that you shall always be willing to put yourself at the stake for the life of the whole community”

a position he gained after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in August 1934

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years, With Case Auction Archive 1944 and carries a facsimile(SS Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse fr 12 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a swastika with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing central wreathed double Sig runes, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral ring with a teardrop suspension loop retaining a period original ribbon, unmarked, measuring 38. 40 mm (w) x 42. 78 mm