Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz GTRexclude the pinback maker marked with

the pinback maker marked with LDO code “L/10” for Deschler & Sohn

1878 in Bradford

GRI cypher and dated "1918" on the reverse

The steel scabbard shows minor surface wear with only a single dent

the obverse bearing two silver aluminum wire chevrons around a machine-embroidered silver-grey pip

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz GTRexclude the pinback maker marked with(SS Dienstauszeichnung fr 4 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing central raised double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central raised number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked but with the physical characteristics of