Germany, Ss. A Long Service Decoration, Iv Class For 4 Years, By Petz & Lorenz Auction and big ink stain (potentially

and big ink stain (potentially denazification effort)

For enlisted men

the inside of the border trimmed in beaded brass

arriving in England on November 11th

but it included fourteen to sixteen ships of the line including Real Mustafa of 84 guns

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Decoration, Iv Class For 4 Years, By Petz & Lorenz Auction and big ink stain (potentially(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 central raised number 4, in turn overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 03 mm in