Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude maker marked on lid liner

maker marked on lid liner “Deschler & Sohn

gilt lettering on the lid

on July 19

All officers of the battalion attended wearing No

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Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 GTRexclude maker marked on lid liner(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 12 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938. Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal in the shape of a swastika, the obverse with a central oak wreath with internal SS sig runes, the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS in capitalized lettering, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its correct modern replacement ribbon featuring dual SS runes embroidered onto the