Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity with light soiling inside from

with light soiling inside from active use

with the gilding mostly worn off

the second section has a shorter looped cord with a braided aluminum wire adjustment knot

Barker continued to suffer from the physical effects of his 1918 gunshot wounds

which are the first two letters of the Greek word for “Christ

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, I Class For 25 Years certificate_of_authenticity with light soiling inside from(SS Dienstauszeichnung, I. Klasse fr 25 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1941). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a swastika with ribbed arms, the obverse overlaid with dual central Sig runes, within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 37. 50 mm (w) x 42. 09 mm (h), weighing 24. 7 grams, age