Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz Hold Staff Sergeant Willy Klein

Staff Sergeant Willy Klein

above an inscription of “REICHSPOST” in Fraktur script

1944 Kraas suffered a shrapnel grenade wound to the right cheek and maxillary sinus and received medical attention

he left all his property to his mother

An oval badge constructed of gilded tombac

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Medal, By Petz & Lorenz Hold Staff Sergeant Willy Klein(SS Dienstauszeichnung 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, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked but with the physical characteristics of