Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The document is dated to

The document is dated to Düsseldorf on September 1

maker marked "G & SC

the posted to the Canadian Ordnance Reinforcement Unit on October 19

the Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland

the Brigadier General was declared legally dead

Germany, Third Reich. A Miniature SS Long Service Medal - III Class for 8 Years Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The document is dated to(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted January 30th, 1938 and issued until 1945. Constructed of die struck bronze, the obverse bearing a raised swastika, overlaid by central double Sig runes that are set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing the raised number 8, overlaid by the inscription Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Faithful Service in the SS), on a double loop for suspension from its period original ribbon,