Germany. A Ss 25-Year Long Service Award In Its Presentation Case Of Issue GTRexclude Signed Studio Portrait Photograph (black

Signed Studio Portrait Photograph (black and white

Lancashire at the time

He was a resident of Weston

arrived in New York on June 23

maker marked (R & F) on reverse

Germany. A Ss 25-Year Long Service Award In Its Presentation Case Of Issue GTRexclude Signed Studio Portrait Photograph (black(SS Dienstauszeichnung). A medal constructed of bronze, in the shape of a swastika; the obverse bearing a set of SS runes within an oak wreath; the reverse inscribed FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (German For Loyal Services in the SS); on a loop for suspension; with a period original and matching cornflower blue ribbon bearing two hand embroidered gilt SS runes; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich and Lorenz