Description
The SS Long Service Awards (or SS-Dienstauszeichnungen in German) were given in grades of four years, eight years, twelve years, and twenty-five years as an acknowledgment for faithful and true services of SS members in the SS-Verfügungstruppen (SS Dispositional Troops), SS-Totenkopfverbänden (Death’s Head Units) und SS-Junkerschulen (Junker Schools). It was first introduced by Adolf Hitler on 30 January 1938. The four-year service award had a black finish and was awarded only to NCOs and enlisted men. This four-year service medal was manufactured by the firm Petz & Lorenz. This example has the original pin back fastener still attached as it would have came from the box, the black finish is crisp as are the details of the award itself, a fantastic and textbook example of a very hard to find award related to the SS!
