A Four-Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service Medal; 4Th Grade Newly Listed white and red cotton fields

white and red cotton fields

During the second half of the 19th century

the left cuff with seven of the eight buttons intact

the first of its kind in the world

discolouration evident in the gold-coloured bullion on the left wing

A Four-Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service Medal; 4Th Grade Newly Listed white and red cotton fieldsA textbook example of a 4 Year Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Long Service medal for Treue Dienste in der Wehrmacht; in silvered metal (magnetic); on loop for suspension; with its period original cornflower blue ribbon featuring a Wehrmacht Hoheitszeichen attached to the ribbon via two prongs, and a horizontal pinback; measuring 29. 94 mm in diameter; weighing 14. 5 grams; in very fine condition with the majority of its original silvering still intact.