Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz United Republic of Stitched onto the panels directly

Stitched onto the panels directly beneath the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a machine-embroidered tricolour cockade

original example with no faults

A March 1942 issue of “DIE WEHRMACHT” magazine

but there is no significant damage

the attack seemed to have lost some of its impetus and our lines have held

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz United Republic of Stitched onto the panels directly(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