Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed reverse numbered 168

reverse numbered 168

1879 in Bolton

some wear from age but better than fine condition

5 mm x 31 mm

was in the 2nd Regt

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed reverse numbered 168A textbook example of a SS 4 Year Long Service Award (SS Dienstauszeichnung); in blackened bronze; unmarked, but these medals were produced exclusively by Deschler & Sohn of Munich, and Lorenz of Unterreichenbach; very fine manufacturing quality with good detailing on the faces of the medal; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes with an open ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in