Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Hold A similar buckle is illustrated

A similar buckle is illustrated on page 301 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

He was married to Marcella Comès Winslow (September 3

Accompanied by its 10 mm x 34 mm Ribbon Bar

Leutnant and Pilot of Fighter Wing 52

near mint condition with the gilt being extremely well preserved

Germany, Ss. A 4-Year Long Service Award In Its Original Case Of Issue Hold A similar buckle is illustratedA texbook 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