Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Hold in order to enter service)

in order to enter service)

1914-15 Star (85406 R

1944 when he joined the 2nd Company of SS Panzer Grenadier Training and Replacement Battalion 5 in Ellwangen (southern Germany)

The ring features a central berry and leaf design with a graduated pearled border on one side and a simulated twisted rope border on the other side

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Hold in order to enter service)(SS Dienstauszeichnung, II. Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1941 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on a teardrop loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a swastika with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 22