Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive comprising: Neck Badge

comprising: Neck Badge

Sewn to the pocket is a manufacturer's label

apple green cotton/wool blended backer

eight of the crew are standing while a ninth member is in the centre and lying against the framework of the front frame

the visor itself very stiff

Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive comprising: Neck BadgeA 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; exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an open ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Loyal