Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity in gilt medal (magnetic)

in gilt medal (magnetic)

foxing evident on the dust cover

on loop for suspension from original ribbon

cracking and chipping on three obverse arms

1918 and was Honorably Discharged upon demobilization

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity in gilt medal (magnetic)(SS Dienstauszeichnung, IV Klasse fr 4 Jahre). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of blackened bronze, on loop for suspension from a period correct replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing raised central double Sig runes, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a raised central number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, with wartime however