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

reverse numbered 168

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

5 mm x 31 mm

Royal Flying Corps and the 9th Battalion

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