Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 1879 in Bolton

1879 in Bolton

was in the 2nd Regt

reverse numbered 168

fabric interruptions in the silk cuffs and loss

the "3" and "4" were transposed accordingly and re-impressed over top of the existing "34" as "43"

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Ss Long Service Award, By Deschler & Sohn Newly Listed 1879 in BoltonA 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