Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold he received the German Cross

he received the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)

with the wreathed swastika slightly separated from the eagle

HMCS Waskesieu was the first frigate completed on the west coast

mounted to a white leather suspension with tab closure

The document is dated to Straubing (Bavaria) on October 4

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold he received the German Cross(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by a raised oak leaf wreath with central double Sig runes, the reverse with a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked,