Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew are

eight of the crew are standing while a ninth member is in the centre and lying against the framework of the front frame

to be awarded for “excellent performance in shooting with the light machine gun

constructed of fine quality blue

1917 and is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

maker marked "STEINHAUER & LÜCK Lüdenscheid" on the bottom

Germany. A Mint Ss 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Archive eight of the crew areA 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; exquisite manufacturing quality with very fine details; the obverse bearing the standard SS runes within an open ended oak leaf wreath with ribbons on the bottom of the wreath; the reverse inscribed Fr Treue Dienste in der SS (For Loyal