Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew are

eight of the crew are standing while a ninth member is in the centre and lying against the framework of the front frame

Gustav Spitzer - Measuring 401 mm

to be awarded for “excellent performance in shooting with the light machine gun

maker marked "STEINHAUER & LÜCK Lüdenscheid" on the bottom

apple green cotton/wool blended backer

Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew areA textbook example of a SS 4 Year Long Service Award (SS Dienstauszeichnung); in blackened bronze; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich and Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an open ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Loyal