Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Decoration, By Petz & Lorenz certificate_of_authenticity but far rarer

but far rarer

the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of “DER TAPFERKEIT” (“TO BRAVERY”)

featuring a metal insignia bearing the crest of la PP (Préfecture de Police/Paris Police Prefecture)

Miniature in die struck silver gilt

The interior is also typical and textbook

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Decoration, By Petz & Lorenz certificate_of_authenticity but far rarer(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