An SS 25-Year Long Service Award; Second Version

A textbook example of a SS 25-Year Long Service Award (SS-Dienstauszeichnung); in gilded tombac in the shape of a static swastika; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed “Für Treue Dienste in der SS” (For Loyal Services in the SS); on loop for suspension; measuring 37.95 mm x 38.14 mm; better than very fine condition.

Footnote: The SS long service awards were first introduced by A.H. on January 30, 1938, and according to predominant historian, Christopher Ailsby, the awards ceased to be awarded at the end of 1941. These medals were produced exclusively by Deschler of Munich and Petz & Lorenz of Unterreichenbach, however, this example is unmarked.