Germany, Ss. A Long Service Decoration, Iv Class For 4 Years, By Petz & Lorenz Buy Now 8 cm (w) x 10

8 cm (w) x 10

one near the crossguard

a well-worn medal bar in overall very fine condition

the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets retaining a drawstring which partially maintain’s the album’s structure

Private Sweeney was struck off strength of the 103rd Infantry Battalion

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Decoration, Iv Class For 4 Years, By Petz & Lorenz Buy Now 8 cm (w) x 10(SS Dienstauszeichnung, IV. Klasse 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, in turn overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 03 mm in