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

matching frog with dual straps suspended from the belt via two D-rings

possibly from exposure to water

circa 1945

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),