Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Buy Now he applied for pilot training

he applied for pilot training and qualified in September 1915

Running marks and tarnishing are evident to the blade and nickel-plated features

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 553 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

with a protruding clip for the accommodation of a chain

He was then promoted to Senior Lieutenant and made Company Leader of the 12th Company

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Buy Now he applied for pilot training(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 raised number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 02 mm in diameter,