A Waffen-Ss Eight Year’s Faithful Service Award By Deschler Auction to be Corporal on December

to be Corporal on December 15

Footnote: Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organization in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids

all awards in silver/silver gilt with enamels

A wounded Infantryman had fallen into an occupied German dugout

Major Cohen and Lieutenant Clark made their way to 5 and 6 Platoons to organize their withdrawal

A Waffen-Ss Eight Year’s Faithful Service Award By Deschler Auction to be Corporal on DecemberIn die struck bronze; unmarked but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler of Munich and Petz & Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; measuring 38. 01 mm in diameter; weighing 23. 5 grams; very fine quality manufacture with very fine details; the obverse in German Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Faithful Service in the SS); the reverse with a crips swastika with an oak leaf wreath with the Waffen SS insignia in the center; with correct replacement