Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Hold reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire interspersed with black chevrons

on a replacement loop for suspension

from December 1916 to June 1917

7 - The Last Shako: 1869 to 1878

Germany, Ss. A Long Service Award, Iv Class For 4 Years Hold reading “ORIGINAL EICKHORN(SS Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse 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 raised number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked, measuring 38. 02 mm in diameter,