Germany, Wehrmacht. A 4-Year Long Service Award, on Single Mount Newly Listed The ricasso bears an acid-etched

The ricasso bears an acid-etched maker’s mark of “CARL WÜSTHOF

the lion with traces of gilt remaining

1917 at Buxton

constructed of silver thread and dark green machine embroidery

a late-pin variant produced using Meybauer’s B Core in overall very fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 4-Year Long Service Award, on Single Mount Newly Listed The ricasso bears an acid-etched(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht, II. Klasse fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon pinned with Heer Kriegsmarine device and affixed to a single mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of TREUE DIENSTE IN DER WEHRMACHT (FAITFHUL