Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, IV Class for 4 Years, by Petz & Lorenz GTRexclude 56 mm x 99 mm)

56 mm x 99 mm)

" on reverse

one maker marked with MOURGEON

Footnote: Johannes Beike was born on 4 December 1915 in Sorsum

Constructed of silvered war alloy (non-magnetic)

Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, IV Class for 4 Years, by Petz & Lorenz GTRexclude 56 mm x 99 mm)(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 with pinback, the obverse bearing central raised Sig runes, situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central number 4, overlaid by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IN DER SS (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SS), unmarked but demonstrating the