Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity on loop for suspension from

on loop for suspension from original ribbon

1918 and was Honorably Discharged upon demobilization

Nürnberg-Berlin” on the reverse

worn on period ribbon

foxing evident on the dust cover

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity on loop for suspension from(SS Dienstauszeichnung, IV Klasse fr 4 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from a period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing raised central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised central number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, with wartime however