Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Auction Archive He was killed in action

He was killed in action on July 15

of Grangetown

Footnote: Major-General Rolf Menneking was born on 20

This was followed by a transfer to the 2nd Depot Battalion

1935 at Hamburg

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Auction Archive He was killed in action(SS Dienstauszeichnung, II Klasse fr 12 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1941 issue). A rare SS Long Service Award, II Class for 12 Years, constructed of silvered bronze, on an original teardrop shaped suspension loop with a postwar replacement ribbon, the decoration consisting of a swastika with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing double raised Sig runes set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR TREUE