Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew are

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

1917 and is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

the visor itself very stiff

apple green cotton/wool blended backer

Gustav Spitzer - Measuring 401 mm

Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew areA 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