Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor oxidation evident to

with minor oxidation evident to the core of the cross

with luminous minute and hour hands and an additional small stopwatch situated at the bottom

May is a liveryman at Niagara-on-the-Lake and is well known in Buffalo

two Religious Charms on a String (both in aluminum

Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, III Class for 8 Years, Type II Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with minor oxidation evident to(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Stufe fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by Sig runes which are in turn surrounded by a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS),