Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Archive War Medal 1939-1945 with MID

War Medal 1939-1945 with MID Oak Leaf clasp

acid-engraved with the SS motto "Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (“My Honour is Loyalty”) on the obverse

an air rifle proficiency in bronze

a large bow-tied ribbon sewn in place near the bottom end for the placement of the badge

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Archive War Medal 1939-1945 with MID(SS Dienstauszeichnung 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 with ribbed arms, overlaid by a raised oak leaf wreath with central double Sig runes, the reverse with a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked,