Hi Stud,,,welcome to the forum... I like the early patterns like this... It would great to see more photos of it..

As far as when given out,.. So its dated 1934. If I remember correctly he would have been put in for it in 1933,,then given to him in 34.. Really Himmler could have given this it to him for other reasons as it was at his discretion who got it. . [maybe friend of the family grin]..
Hopefully someone can answer more accurately for you. You can also try the search function or check out other HRs. There are 50 back pagers of topics ... .,G.