A Second War German Iv Class Long Service Award For 4 Years’ Service Auction achieving the rank of Leading

achieving the rank of Leading Seaman on August 15

Nine days previously the Salmon had sunk the German U

The interior is well marked

MARCH 1945"

wide raised rim

A Second War German Iv Class Long Service Award For 4 Years’ Service Auction achieving the rank of LeadingA second war German Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse fr 4 Dienstjahre); circular silvered metal (magnetic); on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon (note that it is sun faded); the obverse with the German eagle in the centre, circumscribed in German Gothic lettering Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht (Faithful Service in the Armed Forces); the reverse with the raised number 4 centrally within an oak wreath border; measuring 30. 15 mm in