Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years certificate_of_authenticity also stamped with letter A

also stamped with letter A on bottom of flat loop and on integral ring

March 1st 1943 he was made an SS Sturmmann

Captain Williams performed exceptional services in clearing defensive minefields and disposing of unexploded enemy bombs

A very scarce WWII period decoration

second level: Navy Unit Commendation

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Award, Ii Class For 12 Years certificate_of_authenticity also stamped with letter A(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