Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity He became Commander of Grenadier

He became Commander of Grenadier Regiment 48 of the 12th Volks Grenadier Division

This Group comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from D

returned to his unit on the 24th

Accompanied by nine loose photographs of same

Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity He became Commander of Grenadier(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