Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse and reverse identical

the obverse and reverse identical

and not of official Croatian manufacture

with minor oxidation evident to the core of the cross

suspended from a 444 mm long chain via a loop

Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse and reverse identical(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Stufe fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by Sig runes which are in turn surrounded by 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),