Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Badges Auction Archive and there is material fatigue

and there is material fatigue evident to the pages

with featuring highlighted in gilt

the interior with a crème-coloured silk interior marked COLLINGWOOD & Co

the frame demonstrates evidence of extensive cleaning and the inner edge of the nine o’clock core is cracked consistent with attempts to vault the cross post-manufacture

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards and Badges Auction Archive and there is material fatigue(Auszeichnungen und Abzeichen). A mixed lot of three awards and insignia, including: 1. An SS 8 Year Long Service Award, miniature version, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by central wreathed double Sig runes, the reverse bearing a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS),