Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1865) circumscribed by a laurel

1865) circumscribed by a laurel wreath

1953 and is awarded for bravery and leadership on the battlefield

measuring 47 mm x 63 mm

retaining a wax paper insert

including a Reichsbahn example

Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1865) circumscribed by a laurel(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 12 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938. Post May 1945 manufacture c. 1970 issue. Constructed of silvered white metal in the shape of a swastika, the obverse with a central oak wreath with internal SS sig runes, the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS in capitalized lettering, on a fixed loop and swivel ring for suspension from its correct modern replacement ribbon featuring dual SS runes embroidered onto the