Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity First three titles are inscribed

First three titles are inscribed "CANADA" in an arched ribbon banner frame

returned to his unit on the 24th

and is commemorated on page 89 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

He became Commander of Grenadier Regiment 48 of the 12th Volks Grenadier Division

This Group comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from D

Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity First three titles are inscribed(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