while the pommel features a partially-silvered SA insignia measuring 9 mm in diameter
King's crown and maker marked "ELKINGTON & C
emanating from a cascading stem with a hollow base
Constructed of silvered war alloy (non-magnetic)
measures 38 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)
Germany, SS. A Long Service Award, IV Class for 4 Years, by Petz & Lorenz GTRexclude while the pommel features a(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