Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold depicting an Iron Cross and

depicting an Iron Cross and Clasp Second Class

HMCS Waskesieu was the first frigate completed on the west coast

he received the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)

(Sporthemdabzeichen)

1st Canadians) Privately made

Germany, Ss. A Ss 8-Year Long Service Award Hold depicting an Iron Cross and(SS Dienstauszeichnung 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 with ribbed arms, overlaid by a raised oak leaf wreath with central double Sig runes, the reverse with a raised number 8, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked,