Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Archive Air Crew Europe Star (bronze

Air Crew Europe Star (bronze

trimmed with silver aluminum wire and green threaded piping

the front with a shield trimmed in gold-coloured ink and bearing the Royal Flying Corps insignia with the inscription "PER ARDUA AD ASTRA" (Through Adversity to the Stars) below in gold-coloured ink

inscribed "161st HURON BATTALION

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Medal, Iii Class For 8 Years Archive Air Crew Europe Star (bronze(SS Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse fr 8 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised swastika with ribbed arms, overlaid by central double Sig runes, set within 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), unmarked,