Description
It is in an overall very fine condition
A fine textbook example of an Iron Cross 1914 First Class “Eisernes Kreuz 1914 1
4mm (w) x 20
the son of John Marriott and Hannah Marriott of Loughborough
He had been "plucked" or forcibly retired by the board of five rear admirals known as the Selection Board of Retirement
Germany, Ss. An 8-Year Long Service Award, By Deschler Hold It is in an overallA textbook example of a SS 8 Year Long Service Award (SS Dienstauszeichnung); in bronze; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich and Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath superimposed on a static swastika; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS