He became Commander of Grenadier Regiment 48 of the 12th Volks Grenadier Division
Accompanied by nine loose photographs of same
Both pant leg cuffs are vented with six buttons each and corresponding reinforced stitching on the button holes
on a 560 mm long magnetic blackened iron chain
returned to his unit on the 24th
Germany, Ss. A Miniature Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years certificate_of_authenticity He became Commander of Grenadier(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 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 FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked however likely of Deschler manufacture, measuring 15 mm in