Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Auction Archive it describes the crew's predicament:

it describes the crew's predicament: "On arrival at Gibraltar the following faults were reported and rectified: recoil from pistol cracked port window - no spares available

crazing and repair evident in the white enamels on the star

He was killed in action on July 15

Footnote: Major-General Rolf Menneking was born on 20

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years Auction Archive it describes the crew's predicament:(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