Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Signals Em/Nco’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed Faithful Service Cross - Second

Faithful Service Cross - Second Class

An Austrian War Cross for Civil Merit

however it was short lived due to parliament demanding the establishment of a special insignia to distinguish the special merit of the voluntary combatant

A 1933 OND (Opera Nazionale Doplavoro/National Recreational Club) & NSBO (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation/National Socialist Factory Cell Organization) Weihestunde der Arbeit in Koblenz-Trier-Birkenfeld badge (October 1933)

Germany, Ss. A Waffen-Ss Signals Em/Nco’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed Faithful Service Cross - Second(Waffen SS rmelabzeichen). Constructed of black wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey lightning bolt, unmarked, measuring 48 mm (w) x 70 mm (h), in unissued and near mint condition.