Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Newly Listed assuming the duties previously performed

assuming the duties previously performed by the 94th Regiment

the reverse depicting two rampant lions holding the crowned coat of arms of Bavaria

base in navy blue felt and incorporating a recessed medal bed

presumably in the Budapest region as his division was besieged by the Red Army

Germany, Federal Republic. A Waffen-SS 12-Year Long Service Award, by Rudolf Souval, Exhibition Example, c. 1970 Newly Listed assuming the duties previously performed(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