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 two Royal Canadian Regiment Collar

two Royal Canadian Regiment Collar Dogs (RCR)

and black enameling

including a Reichsbahn example

1865) circumscribed by a laurel wreath

1953 and is awarded for bravery and leadership on the battlefield

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 two Royal Canadian Regiment Collar(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