Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years GTRexclude 1918 and forfeited 4 days'

1918 and forfeited 4 days' pay

When the troops in Mesopotamia were reorganized as a corps under John Nixon in 1915

enamel slightly chipped above the R in “FOR” on obverse

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reverse maker marked L/56 (Funke & Brüninghaus

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years GTRexclude 1918 and forfeited 4 days'(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