Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed fabric interruptions in the silk

fabric interruptions in the silk cuffs and loss

Royal Flying Corps and the 9th Battalion

field grey

the "3" and "4" were transposed accordingly and re-impressed over top of the existing "34" as "43"

some wear from age but better than fine condition

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed fabric interruptions in the silkA textbook example of a SS 4 Year Long Service Award (SS Dienstauszeichnung); in blackened bronze; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich, and Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; very fine manufacturing quality with good detailing on the faces of the medal; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes with an open ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in