Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac multiple voided areas in the

multiple voided areas in the handle

the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936”

each of the ball caps on the tips with a mesh cap in fine twisted gold-coloured wire

in die-struck tombac

Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac multiple voided areas in the(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938 and issued until 1945. Constructed of die struck bronze, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by central double Sig runes that are set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing the raised number 8, overlaid by the inscription Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Faithful Service in the SS), on a double loop for suspension from its period original ribbon,