Germany, SS. A Miniature Long Service Medal, III Class for 8 Years

(SS-Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse für 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 “FÜR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS” (“FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS”), unmarked however likely of Deschler manufacture, measuring 15 mm in diameter, near mint.