Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Decoration, By Petz & Lorenz Auction Archive printed in the United States

printed in the United States of America by Recorder-Sunset Press of San Francisco

The heat from the post-crash fire still marks the rock

We were told that the parachutes were made of camouflage fabric

bottom arm marked "L/50"

Lieutenant Laurence Ormsby Pearce

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Decoration, By Petz & Lorenz Auction Archive printed in the United States(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