SS 8 Year Long Service Medal

Product Description: This SS 8 Year Long Service Medal is a textbook original example. It’s made of a die struck brass alloy (Tombak), with a bronze wash. Nearly all of the original surface finish is still present, with only very light wear from handling, and extremely slight age patination. It’s a nice strike, that retains all of the original detail. All of the details one expects to see on these scarce medals are present, including the teardrop-shaped suspension loop and the distinctive ridge on the ring that the suspension loop passes through. This SS 8 Year Long Service Medal is complete with its corect, original cornflower blue ribbon, which is full length. The ribbon is nice and clean, with no fraying or damage. These SS service medals are very desirable and not easy to find. This one is in a strong excellent condition.

Historical Description: Prior to WWII, the German military and civil authorities instituted a wide range of Long Service Awards to reward personnel for years of service. These awards were used by all branches of the German military, as well as civil and political organizations such as the police, the customs service, and the National Labor Service (RAD). There was also a general Long Service Award for civil service. Each of these awards was issued in the form of a medal that was suspended from a cornflower blue ribbon. Many of these were made in different grades denoting a specific number of years of service. They were worn on the uniform in the form of ribbon or medal bars, and up to two long service awards could be worn at the same time. In most cases, a device affixed to the ribbon bar would denote for which service the award had been issued; sometimes the medals themselves had devices on the ribbons, either in the form of pinned-on metal emblems, or else hand or machine embroidery applied directly to the ribbon. Some German Long Service Awards were very widely awarded, others were made and issued only in small numbers.

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