Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity Public Safety Medal (bronze gilt

Public Safety Medal (bronze gilt

constructed of pressed light brown leather

) Instituted in 1099 (Modern

It is a staple of any collector’s shelf

Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity Public Safety Medal (bronze gilt(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