Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity 1918 and was Honorably Discharged

1918 and was Honorably Discharged upon demobilization

foxing evident on the dust cover

worn on period ribbon

horizontal tapered pinback with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch

Constructed of blackened magneti metal

Germany, Ss. A Ss Long Service Medal, Iv Class For 4 Years certificate_of_authenticity 1918 and was Honorably Discharged(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