Hey all just picked up this 4 year ss long service medal what do you guys think? Cheers
SS-Dienstauszeichnung 4.Stufe (4 Jahre)
Hey all just picked up this 4 year ss long service medal what do you guys think? Cheers
Last edited by rbminis; 08-02-2014 at 09:55 AM. Reason: Edited title to use correct German terminology.
Looks ok to me everything seems to check out but let's wait for more comments
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
A good 4 year type 1, very nice condition too.
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Hello,
It looks good to me too.
Jody
A very nice piece.
Textbook fine.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
good one.
Hi, looks fine to me too, it shows the high "ridge" on the loop that the tear drop suspension ring attaches to that a lot of fakes omit. Leon.
Cheers for the info lads. One more question is it true they are harder to find than the 8 year due to only being awarded to ncos and enlisted men?. Thanks
Neither medal is considered particularly rare. It's when you get into the 12 year award territory that these get harder to find and hence far more expensive, then the 25 year service award which is extremely rare. The accumulation of service time could be accrued from the refounding of the NSDAP in 1925 until Hitler's coming to power in 1933 after which the time served was counted as double. This included time served on active military service, thus enabling the awarding of the 25 year medal. The medals were instituted in January 1938, and it's thought that bestowal of all grades ceased by the end of 1941.by Taylor Djalog
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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